star cloud

noun

1

: a large luminous patch of the Milky Way that can be resolved with optical aid into great numbers of stars appearing to be more densely concentrated than in adjoining areas

2

: an enormous aggregation of stars forming one of the units comprising the nucleus or a spiral arm of a spiral galaxy

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