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Star clusters are collections of stars that have a shared gravitational bond. They range from loose aggregations of a few stars to mighty spherical-shaped globular clusters containing a million or more stars. Obviously the more stars and the more tightly packed the greater the gravitational attraction between them.
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Cardona, C.A. (2010). Introduction. In: Star Clusters. Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7040-4_1
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