globular

IPA: gɫˈɑbjʌɫɝ

Examples of "globular" in Sentences

William Herschel though who first coined the term globular cluster in his catalog of deep sky objects in 1789.
The disk was known to be surrounded by a dim, sparse halo of old stars and odd little balls of old stars called globular clusters.
• Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905-1993): "A Gift of Stars", researcher on variable stars in globular clusters, and writer of a popular astronomy column in the Toronto Star