star cluster


noun Astronomy.

a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.

Example sentences from the Web for star cluster

  • Singularly enough the winter solstice is also near a star-cluster.

    Astronomy with an Opera-glass |Garrett Putman Serviss
  • They looked like moving stars, flying in formation from star-cluster to star-cluster.

    Creatures of the Abyss |Murray Leinster
  • And a certain calcium cloud with a star-cluster behind it was as good as a highway sign for locating one's self.

    The Pirates of Ersatz |Murray Leinster
  • One of Barnard's earliest and most excellent photographs includes two of them, both in the star-cluster M8.

    Curiosities of the Sky |Garrett Serviss