association Comparison Table

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association comparison table

Subject is part of is a kind of is an instance of has definition has distance

OB association association A loose gathering of O and B stars that typically stretches over hundreds of light-years and contains a few dozen OB stars.

Sco-Cen association Gould Belt association An association of very young stars. The most luminous member is a B star of M_v = - 4.9. 200 pc

T association association Association containing many T Tauri stars. About 20 are known.

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has definition	has distance
OB association		association		A loose gathering of O and B stars that typically stretches over hundreds of light-years and contains a few dozen OB stars.
Sco-Cen association	Gould Belt		association	An association of very young stars. The most luminous member is a B star of M_v = - 4.9.	200 pc
T association		association		Association containing many T Tauri stars. About 20 are known.

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