NGC 1818
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NGC 1818 is a young globular cluster
, estimated to be only about 20 million years old. Almost all known globulars have their age estimated to be between 4-14 billion years. It is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Globular cluster
A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. The name of this category of star cluster is...
, estimated to be only about 20 million years old. Almost all known globulars have their age estimated to be between 4-14 billion years. It is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby irregular galaxy, and is a satellite of the Milky Way. At a distance of slightly less than 50 kiloparsecs , the LMC is the third closest galaxy to the Milky Way, with the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal and Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy lying closer to the center...
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