extragalactic globular cluster Comparison Table

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extragalactic globular cluster comparison table

Subject has location has orbit has material is part of has spectra has catalog has volume has temperature has number of star has velocity is an instance of has diameter has momentum has synonym has extent has mass has image has angular momentum has age

G1 most are in the halo some are members of the thick disk elongated, around the galactic center halo low abundances of heavy elements globular cluster catalog 10⁵ to 10⁶ very high extragalactic globular cluster about 100 light-years Mayall II 10⁴ to 10⁶ M_sun oldest stellar formation in the Galaxy

Subject	has location	has orbit	has material	is part of	has spectra	has catalog	has volume	has temperature	has number of star	has velocity	is an instance of	has diameter	has momentum	has synonym	has extent	has mass	has image	has angular momentum	has age
G1	most are in the halo some are members of the thick disk	elongated, around the galactic center		halo	low abundances of heavy elements	globular cluster catalog			10⁵ to 10⁶	very high	extragalactic globular cluster	about 100 light-years		Mayall II		10⁴ to 10⁶ M_sun			oldest stellar formation in the Galaxy

Next globular cluster: Oosterhoff Group globular cluster Up: globular cluster Previous globular cluster: class XI globular cluster