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Star cloud
A large group of many stars spread over very many light-years of space; the stars are not part of any structure but are in an area of greater than average stellar density.
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A large group of many stars spread over very many light-years of space; the stars are not part of any structure but are in an area of greater than average stellar density.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Star cloud"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| supercloudnoun | (astronomy) A very large cloud of stellar material. |
| starnoun | Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense. |
| super star clusternoun | A young, very massive, and very dense star cluster. |
| starlinernoun | (science fiction) A large starship capable of transporting many passengers. |
| starhoodnoun | The state of being a star (whether an astronomic object or a celebrity). |
| superclusternoun | (astronomy) An extended group of clusters of galaxies |
| starbeamnoun | (astronomy, very rare) A ray or set of rays of starlight (light emitted from a star); especially, an intense and visible one, as revealed for example by its diffraction among dust particles. |
| carbon starnoun | (astronomy) any of a class of red giant stars having a high proportion of carbon because of helium burning |
| super clusternoun | (astronomy) Alternative form of supercluster. [(astronomy) An extended group of clusters of galaxies] |
| constellationnoun | (modern astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region. |
| star citynoun | A closed city in Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| substarnoun | (astronomy) A substellar object. |
| supergalaxynoun | A very large, extended cluster of galaxies. |
| megaconstellationnoun | (space flight) A very large swarm of satellites in one satellite network |
| superstarnoun | Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity. |
| giant starnoun | (astronomy) A star that has stopped fusing hydrogen in its core, and as a result has grown much larger and brighter. |
| quasarnoun | (astronomy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe. |
| hyperclusternoun | A very large cluster (typically of galaxies or proteins) |
| bright giantnoun | (astronomy) A star that straddles the boundary between being a giant star and a supergiant. |
| be starnoun | (astronomy) A star of spectral type B that shows emission lines in its spectrum |
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