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collection of stars comparison table

Subject has catalog has number of star has number of galaxie has definition has abundance has most luminous member

association catalog about star systems A sparsely populated grouping (mass range 10²-10³ M_sun) of very young, massive stars lying along a spiral arm of the Milky Way, whose spectral types or motions in the sky indicate a common origin. The star density is insufficient for gravitation to hold the group together against shear by differential galactic rotation, but the stars have not yet had time to disperse completely. OB associations are composed of stars of spectral types O-B2; T associations have many young T Tauri stars. The internationally approved designation for associations is the name of the constellation followed by an arabic numeral - e.g., Perseus OB2.

collection of galaxies catalog about star systems

galaxy galaxy catalog 10⁶ to 10¹² An isolated aggregation of stars and gas, held together by their mutual gravity. A typical galaxy has about 100 billion stars, has a total mass equal to about a trillion times the mass of the sun, is about 100,000 light years in diameter, and is separated from the nearest galaxy by a distance of about 100 times its own diameter. Thus, galaxies are islands of stars in space. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way. Galaxies come in two major shapes: flattened disks with a central bulge, called spirals, and amorphous, semispherical blobs, called ellipticals. If galaxies are found bunched up next to each other, they are said to lie in groups or clusters. Clusters with a particularly large number of galaxies in them are called rich clusters. Galaxies that do not lie in such groups but rather seem to be scattered uniformly and randomly through space are called field galaxies. Some galaxies are characterized by the dominant type of radiation they emit.

star cluster catalog about star systems Gravitationally bound aggregations of stars, smaller and less massive than galaxies.

star system catalog about star systems A few stars that orbit each other. half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems

Subject	has catalog	has number of star	has number of galaxie	has definition	has abundance	has most luminous member
association	catalog about star systems			A sparsely populated grouping (mass range 10²-10³ M_sun) of very young, massive stars lying along a spiral arm of the Milky Way, whose spectral types or motions in the sky indicate a common origin. The star density is insufficient for gravitation to hold the group together against shear by differential galactic rotation, but the stars have not yet had time to disperse completely. OB associations are composed of stars of spectral types O-B2; T associations have many young T Tauri stars. The internationally approved designation for associations is the name of the constellation followed by an arabic numeral - e.g., Perseus OB2.
collection of galaxies	catalog about star systems
galaxy	galaxy catalog	10⁶ to 10¹²		An isolated aggregation of stars and gas, held together by their mutual gravity. A typical galaxy has about 100 billion stars, has a total mass equal to about a trillion times the mass of the sun, is about 100,000 light years in diameter, and is separated from the nearest galaxy by a distance of about 100 times its own diameter. Thus, galaxies are islands of stars in space. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way. Galaxies come in two major shapes: flattened disks with a central bulge, called spirals, and amorphous, semispherical blobs, called ellipticals. If galaxies are found bunched up next to each other, they are said to lie in groups or clusters. Clusters with a particularly large number of galaxies in them are called rich clusters. Galaxies that do not lie in such groups but rather seem to be scattered uniformly and randomly through space are called field galaxies. Some galaxies are characterized by the dominant type of radiation they emit.
star cluster	catalog about star systems			Gravitationally bound aggregations of stars, smaller and less massive than galaxies.
star system	catalog about star systems			A few stars that orbit each other.	half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems

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