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Cassiopeia–Taurus Group

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  • Milky Way Galaxy
    Milky Way Galaxy
    / Variations in the stellar density

    …of stars, sometimes called the Cassiopeia-Taurus association, that has a centroid at approximately 600 light-years distance. A deficiency of early-type stars is readily noticeable, for instance, in the direction of the constellation Perseus at distances beyond 600 light-years. Of course, the nearby stellar associations are striking density anomalies for early-type…

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    …of stars, sometimes called the Cassiopeia-Taurus association, that has a centroid at approximately 600 light-years distance. A deficiency of early-type stars is readily noticeable, for instance, in the direction of the constellation Perseus at distances beyond 600 light-years. Of course, the nearby stellar associations are striking density anomalies for early-type…

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