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The globular cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules
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Globular Cluster M107
Messier 107, from 2MASS
Globular Cluster M107 (also known as Messier Object 107 or NGC 6171) is a very loose globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Globular Cluster
A gravitationally bound collection of 10,000-100,000 stars. They usually contain old stars and are distributed spherically about the center of .

Globular Cluster
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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.

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Globular clusters are important to the study of cosmology because they are the oldest objects that we know how to measure the age of. As such, they place a lower bound on the age of the universe.
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Definition: globular cluster: A spherically symmetric collection of stars which shared a common origin. The cluster may contain up to millions of stars spanning up to 50 parsecs.
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H-R Diagram of a Globular Cluster
Clusters like the Pleiades lie deep within our galaxy. The SDSS, on the other hand, looks primarily above and below the plane of the galaxy.

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A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite.

Globular cluster NGC 6397
NGC 6397, located 7,200 light-years away in the southern constellation Ara, is one of the nearest globular star clusters.

Globular clusters are gravitationally bound groups of many thousands (sometimes as many as a million) of stars. They consist primarily of very old stars.

Globular clusters are large spherical groups of older stars bound together by gravity. These clusters contain from ten thousand to one million stars and are distributed in a spherical "halo" around the galaxy.

Globular cluster M3 is extremely rich in variable stars: According to B.

Globular clusters can be used to tell us the age of galaxies. They are found orbiting in a "cloud" around galaxies, and there is no mechanism currently known which will produce much new star formation in most members of this class of objects.

Globular cluster M12, in the constellation Ophiuchus, is nearly a twin of M10. It is just a bit fainter and only slightly larger. Like its twin, it does not contain a lot of variable stars.

Globular clusters, with their myriad stars, should contain several low-mass X-ray binary systems.

Globular cluster NGC6712 in Scutum
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The brightest of three easy globulars in Ara; it can be glimpsed with the naked eye and looks like a misty patch in small instruments. At a distance of about 8,200 light-years, it may be the second closest globular to Earth after M4.

Globular clusters are very far away. You can assume that all the stars are at the same distance. Students will see the difficulty of creating an H-R diagram due to the large amount of data necessary.

globular cluster - (n.)
A large, spherical cluster of stars located in the halo of the galaxy.These clusters, containing up to several hundred thousand members, are thought to be among the oldest objects in the galaxy.
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Globular clusters : old, halo, metal poor
Open clusters : young, disk, metal rich
Cluster H-R diagrams : isochrones (same age)
Young cluster isochrones
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globular cluster Tightly bound, roughly spherical collection of hundreds of thousands, and sometimes millions, of stars spanning about 100 light years. Globular clusters are distributed in the halos around the Milky Way and other galaxies.

globular cluster
a roughly spherical congregation of hundreds of thousands of stars; most globular clusters consist of old stars and exist in a galaxy's halo
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Globular clusters can measure up to several hundred light years in diameter. Like most astronomical objects, globular clusters exhibit a range of characteristics, but certain features are common to a majority of them.

Globular Cluster A huge sphere containing thousands of stars. They surround our galaxy and other nearby galaxies.
Heliocentric As viewed or measured from the centre of the Sun.

globular cluster - One of about 120 large star clusters that form a system of clusters centered on the center of the Galaxy.

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A globular star cluster is a spherical group of up to a million stars held together by gravity. These remote objects lie mostly around the central bulge of spiral galaxies.

Globular cluster stars defined by their position in the color-magnitude diagram. They are located on both sides of the RR Lyr gap and one speaks therefore of blue or red HB stars.
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Globular Cluster: What is the degree of the cluster star concentration (high, medium, low)? How much of it can be resolved in its component stars (none, outer edges, middle, down to the core)?

Globular Cluster: A spherical star cluster containing 50,000 to 1 million stars; generally old and metal-poor, globular clusters may be the left over building blocks of galaxy formation.

Globular cluster- a spherical cluster that may contain up to a million stars
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Globular Cluster
A collection of hundreds of thousands of old stars held together by gravity. Globular clusters are usually spherically shaped and are often found in the halos of galaxies.

globular cluster
A spherically symmetric star cluster, containing over 100,000 individual stars, which are in a roughly spherical distribution about the main hub of a galaxy.

Globular clusters: Groups of thousands to millions of old stars held together in orbits about their own center of mass and arranged in almost symmetrical (spherical) clusters.
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globular cluster
A large collection of millions of old stars that are held in close proximity due to their mutual gravitational attraction. Globular clusters are located in the galactic haloes of galaxies.

Globular Cluster: A dense, rich, spherical cluster of stars, held together by their own mutual gravity, and containing up to hundreds of thousands of stars within a diameter of order 100 pc.

Globular Cluster
a tight, spherical grouping of hundreds of thousands of stars. Globular clusters are composed of older stars,
and are usually found around the central regions of a galaxy.

globular cluster -- a dense grouping of old stars, containing generally about 105 to 106members. They are often found in the halos of galaxies.
globule --see Bok globule.

Globular Cluster - A tightly packed, spherically shaped group of thousands to millions of old stars ...

A globular cluster in the southern constellation Tucana and a member of the thick-disk population. [C95] Forward (or Reverse) Bias ...

The globular cluster 47 Tucanae, as seen by the Anglo-Australian telescope (left) and the Hubble Space Telescope (right).

The globular cluster Messier 15 in Pegasus, not visible to the naked eye, provides a fine contrast to visually brighter Messier 13.

M5 (globular cluster)
M16 part of the Eagle Nebula (open cluster)
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M3 (globular cluster)
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (spiral galaxy)
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy (spiral galaxy)
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The globular cluster M80. Stars in globular clusters are mainly older metal-poor members of Population II.

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M41 is a globular cluster easily located four degrees south of Sirius. Perhaps a hundred or so stars make up this bright group, fifty of them bright enough to be easily seen in binoculars. At the centre of the group is a red giant.

The oldest globular clusters contain only stars less massive than 0.7 solar masses. These low-mass stars are much dimmer than our Sun. This observation suggests that the oldest globular clusters are between 11 and 18 billion years old.

: (circled) in the globular cluster M4.
The star is now a , a stable star with no nuclear fuel. It radiates its left-over heat for billions of years.

horizontal branch stars (NASA Thesaurus) Horizontal strips of stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of globular clusters to the left of the red giant branch.

There are a good amount of globular clusters in this constellation:
With a distance of about 5500 light-years M 9 (NGC 6333) belongs to the nearer globular clusters.

globular cluster A ball of a few hundred thousand stars that resides in the halo of our galaxy and other galaxies.

Globular clusters are especially nice because they are bright, compact (thus long-lasting) and can be seen a long way off.

globular cluster spherical cluster of hundreds of thousands to millions of very old stars. The orbits of most globular clusters are very elliptical and oriented in random directions.

galaxy a gravitationally bound collection of millions or billions of stars, gas, and dust geocentric having the Earth as the centre globular cluster a spherical cluster of older stars found in the halos of galaxies
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Most of the stars in the central bulge and in the globular clusters of the galactic halo are old, low metals stars, and halo stars account for only 0.1 to 0.2 percent of the stars near Sol.

There is, however, a well-marked type to which many of the richest clusters belong; these are the globular clusters. They have a symmetrical circular shape, the condensation increasing rapidly towards the centre.

All 110 Messier objects, which includes nebulae, open and globular clusters, and extended galaxies. Most of these will seem impossibly dim to you at first. Later in your career, they will seem really bright.
All of the planets except Pluto.

These are the globular clusters. These spherical star systems contain hundreds of thousands of gravitationally-bound stars within a radius of tens or hundreds of parsecs.

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