Multiple Choice
Why are star clusters ideal "laboratories" for stellar evolution?
A) Their stars are all about the same age, composition, and distance from us.
B) Like our Sun, they lie in the plane of the Milky Way.
C) The combined light of all the stars makes them easier to see.
D) Their stars are all about the same mass and temperature.
E) Their stars are all the same composition and stage in evolution.
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