star cluster

English

A star cluster

Noun

star cluster (plural star clusters)

1. (astronomy) A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.

Synonyms

• (astronomy) cluster of stars
• (abbreviation): Cl*, Cl

Hyponyms

• Galactic cluster
• globular cluster
• open cluster
• super star cluster

Coordinate terms

• stellar association
• moving group
• stellar stream

Translations

group of stars

• Armenian: աստղակույտեր (astġakuyter)
• Belarusian: зорнае скопішча n (zórnaje skópišča)
• Bengali: তারা গুচ্ছ (tara guccho)
• Bulgarian: звезден куп m (zvezden kup)
• Catalan: cúmul estel·lar
• Czech: hvězdokupa (cs) f
• Danish: stjernehob
• Dutch: sterrenhoop (nl) m
• Esperanto: stelamaso
• Estonian: täheparv
• Finnish: tähtijoukko (fi)
• French: amas stellaire m
• Galician: cúmulo estelar (gl) m
• Georgian: ვარსკვლავთგროვა (varsḳvlavtgrova)
• German: Sternhaufen (de) m
• Hebrew: צביר כוכבים‎
• Hindi: तारा गुच्छ (tārā gucch)
• Hungarian: halmaz (hu)
• Irish: réaltbhraisle f
• Italian: ammasso stellare m
• Japanese: 星団 (ja) (せいだん, seidan)
• Kazakh: үйіржұлдыз (üiırjūldyz)
• Korean: 성단 (ko) (seongdan)
• Low German: Steernhopen (nds) m
• Macedonian: ѕвездено јато n (dzvezdeno jato)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stjernehop (no) m

  Nynorsk: stjernehop m

• Persian: خوشه ستاره‌ای‎
• Polish: gromada gwiazd (pl) f
• Portuguese: aglomerado estelar m, aglomerado (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਤਾਰਾ ਗੁੱਛਾ (tārā gucchā)
• Romanian: roi de stele n, roi stelar n
• Russian: звёздное скопле́ние n (zvjózdnoje skoplénije)
• Slovak: hviezdokopa f
• Slovene: zvezdna kopica f
• Spanish: cúmulo estelar (es) m
• Swedish: stjärnhop (sv) c
• Tagalog: talumpon
• Thai: กระจุกดาว
• Turkish: yıldız kümesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: зоряне скупчення n (zorjane skupčennja)
• Vietnamese: quần tinh, cụm sao, đám sao
• Welsh: clwstwr sêr

See also

• star cloud
• field star