A(n) ____ is a collection of 10⁵ to 10 ⁶ stars in a region 10 to 30 pc in diameter. The stars in the collection tend to be more than 10 9 years old and mostly yellow and red stars.

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A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite. They are tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. They typically contain hundreds of thousands to millions of stars, are 10 to 30 parsecs in diameter, and consist mostly of older, yellow and red stars.

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A(n) ____ Is a Collection of 10⁵ to 10 ⁶