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Carina OB 2 comparison table

Subject	is part of	has definition	is a kind of	is an instance of
OB association		A loose gathering of O and B stars that typically stretches over hundreds of light-years and contains a few dozen OB stars.	association
Carina OB 2	Carina	A rich association of OB stars near η Carinae.		OB association

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