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GLOBULAR CLUSTER

Specialty Definition: GLOBULAR CLUSTER

Domain	Definition
Physics	A spherically symmetric star cluster, containing over 100,000 individual stars, which are in a roughly spherical distribution about the main hub of a galaxy. They form more or less a spherical halo around the main body of the galaxy, like bees around a hive. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: GLOBULAR CLUSTER

Domain	Title
Books	Globular Cluster Systems (Cambridge Astrophysics Series, No 30) (reference) The Harlow Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies : proceedings of the 126th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., August 25-29, 1986 (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: GLOBULAR CLUSTER

Photo Album: GLOBULAR CLUSTER

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	The Hubble telescope has captured a view of a globular cluster called G1, a large, bright ball ... Credit: NASA.		The globular cluster M15 is shown in this color image obtained with the Hubble telescope. ... Credit: NASA.
	These comparison images of the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC104) were taken ... Credit: NASA.		High resolution observations of the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, made with the ... Credit: NASA.
	This is a comparison of pictures of the core of the globular cluster NGC 6624, as imaged with ... Credit: NASA.		Comparison of ground-based observation of the globular cluster M4 with an HST image showing white dwarfs. (Produced with the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2, Hubble Space Telescope.). Credit: NASA.
	Image of the globular cluster M15. Credit: NASA.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Anagrams: GLOBULAR CLUSTER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-g-l-l-l-o-r-r-s-t-u-u"
	-4 letters: subcellular, tuberculars.
	-5 letters: coralbells, corrugates, regulators, tubercular.
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Alternative Orthography: GLOBULAR CLUSTER

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 4C 4F 42 55 4C 41 52 43 4C 55 53 54 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01001100 01001111 01000010 01010101 01001100 01000001 01010010 00100000 01000011 01001100 01010101 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#76 &#79 &#66 &#85 &#76 &#65 &#82 &#32 &#67 &#76 &#85 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 004C 004F 0042 0055 004C 0041 0052 0043 004C 0055 0053 0054 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4146493655463552237465553543952

INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Images: Slideshow
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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