What would one expect to find in the population of stars in a globular cluster?
A) mainly white dwarf stars and dying stars but no faint red stars, red giants, or bright blue stars
B) mostly blue giants and supergiants and a few red giant stars, white dwarfs, and dim red stars
C) many red giants, white dwarfs, and dim red stars
D) stars along the entire main sequence from bright blue to dim red, with no bright red giant stars but significant amounts of dust and gas
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