open cluster: Meaning and Definition of

o'pen clus'ter

Pronunciation: [key]
— Astron. Astron.
  1. a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
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