The characteristic of a globular cluster of stars is
A) hundreds of thousands of members, all very old and generally metal-poor.
B) a few dozen members, the remnant of a globular cluster of stars from which most of the members have escaped.
C) many thousands of members of different ages.
D) a few hundred members, often very young and still embedded in the gas and dust from which they were formed.
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