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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 />

total disintegration and the scattering <strong>of</strong> its members<br />

through the galaxy.<br />

Perhaps the most famous association is that in Orion,<br />

where the great nebula and its central cluster form the<br />

nucleus <strong>of</strong> a large expanding association. Many<br />

associations include well-known galactic clusters and<br />

emission nebulae. Some are so young that only their<br />

most massive stars have had time to condense out <strong>of</strong><br />

the interstellar medium and reach the hydrogen<br />

burning stage on the main sequence. <strong>The</strong> less<br />

massive young stars (still in the contracting stage) are<br />

usually embedded in bright and dark nebulosity and<br />

many <strong>of</strong> these stars are variable. It has even been<br />

reported that a star (FU Orion) has become visible in<br />

the Orion association where a few years prior none<br />

appeared in the photographs.<br />

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