Astro & Cosmo 17-23 Key Terms

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globular cluster

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one of about 150 large, spherical star clusters (each with hundreds of thousands of stars)

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Chandrasekhar limit

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the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf (equals 1.4 times the mass of the Sun)

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What is the order of the spectra classes?

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OBAFGKM

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neutron star

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a compact object of extremely high density composed almost entirely of neutrons