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The Astrology of Space - Matrix Software

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Astrology</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Space</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Globular Star Clusters<br />

<strong>The</strong> globular clusters form a more or less spherical<br />

system <strong>of</strong> satellites around the galactic nucleus. If we<br />

could speed up our time process, we would find that<br />

these objects circle the nucleus <strong>of</strong> our galaxy, in their<br />

very inclined orbits, at high speeds, very much like<br />

diagrams <strong>of</strong> the atomic nucleus surrounded by<br />

orbiting electrons. <strong>The</strong> anticenter <strong>of</strong> the galaxy is<br />

almost devoid <strong>of</strong> globulars and most occur between<br />

our Sun and the center <strong>of</strong> the galaxy (GC).<br />

With the exception <strong>of</strong> the very much more diffuse<br />

stellar associations (to be mentioned later), the<br />

globular clusters are the most massive and vast star<br />

clusters known (the associations are vast but not<br />

massive). A globular cluster may contain hundreds <strong>of</strong><br />

thousands <strong>of</strong> stars packed into a spherical region <strong>of</strong><br />

space some 100 parsecs in diameter. Globulars,<br />

therefore, are very bright and can be observed at<br />

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