globular cluster: see star cluster star cluster, a group of stars near each other in space and resembling each other in certain characteristics that suggest a common origin for the group. Stars in the same cluster move at the same rate and in the same direction.
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globular cluster

Any large group of old, Population II (see Populations I and II) stars closely packed in a symmetrical, somewhat spherical form. About 150 have been identified in the Milky Way Galaxy. Most are distributed in a spherical volume above and below the Galaxy's disk (see galactic halo). Globular clusters contain many more stars (10,000–1,000,000) than open clusters do and can be several hundred light-years in diameter. Because they are so distant from the solar system, most are not visible to the unaided eye. Omega Centauri and a few others can be seen without a telescope as hazy patches of light.

Globular Cluster

a tightly packed group of stars that can be seen in a small section of the sky, consisting of stars that are close to one another in space and characterized by the spherical shape of the distribution of the stars. Two of the globular clusters closest to us, with a myriad of stars, are located in the constellations Hercules and Centaurus. (SeeSTAR CLUSTER.)

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NASA has unveiled the first of the colourful images, which include the planet Jupiter, a stellar nursery, a globular cluster and a dying star.

Stunning new space images from Hubble by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)

The globular cluster NGC 6584 is situated well away from the main telescope figure in the far western part of the constellation and 3 degrees south-east of Theta Arae.

A spyglass telescope by Streicher, Magda / Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The light June nights are not the ideal time for deep-sky observing, but with Hercules overhead many telescopes will undoubtedly be pointed at the globular cluster M13 lying one third of the way down the western side of the Keystone at RA 16h 41.

Two great globular clusters--north versus south by Moore, Stewart L. / Journal of the British Astronomical Association