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

• globular cluster
• open cluster
• super star cluster

Coordinate terms

• stellar association
• moving group
• stellar stream

Translations

group of stars

• Czech: hvězdokupa (cs) f
• Dutch: sterrenhoop (nl) m
• Esperanto: stelamaso
• Finnish: tähtijoukko (fi)
• French: amas stellaire m
• German: Sternhaufen (de) m
• Hungarian: halmaz (hu)
• Irish: réaltbhraisle f
• Japanese: 星団 (ja) (せいだん, seidan)
• Low German: Steernhopen (nds) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stjernehop (no) m

  Nynorsk: stjernehop m

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• Portuguese: aglomerado estelar m, aglomerado (pt) m
• Russian: звёздное скопле́ние n (zvjózdnoje skoplénije)
• Spanish: cúmulo estelar (es) m
• Swedish: stjärnhop (sv) c
• Tagalog: talumpon
• Turkish: yıldız kümesi (tr)
• Vietnamese: quần tinh, cụm sao, đám sao

See also

• star cloud