Net Cluster

The Net Cluster is a globular cluster in the Silky Way's halo. It would be considered as an average globular cluster if not for its very high amount of blue straggler stars.
== Physical Characteristics ==
The Net Cluster is very packed with stars. It has a radius of only 30 light years and has over 250 thousand stars, therefore the average distance between the stars is equal to around 0.45 light years.
=== Stars ===
The stars present in the Net Cluster are mostly ancient M, K and G stars, the most noteworthy being the red giant Staroz, which is in its AGB phase and will most likely shed its outer layers within the next 7.5 thousand years. 
Other prominent stars include the peculiarly common blue straggler stars, which form from collisions between less massive G or K stars in globulars. At least 4% of all stars in the Net Cluster are blue stragglers, which is unusually high, considering no other globular cluster surrounding The Silky Way has this many bluish stars.
Two notable blue straggler stars in this cluster include Marud and Prybed, which form a rather unstable binary system. They orbits can appear as chaotic and thus are pretty much impossible to accurately predict.
=== Brown Dwarfs ===
Brown dwarfs are less common than stars in the Net Cluster, but still more abundant than planets. So far, there have been about 550 brown dwarfs discovered, but there might still be more lurking among the more massive stars.
=== Planets ===
Planets, though being a rare sight in globular clusters, are present in the Net Cluster. All are free-floating and are gas giants. They most likely are either sub-brown dwarfs that formed independently, but failed to become an actual brown dwarf, or ejected planets from their home systems.
=== Center of mass ===
Unlike the Web Cluster, the largest globular cluster of the Silky Way, the Net Cluster does not have a black hole at its core. All the objects circle the center of mass of the cluster, which is a common characteristic shared across many other globulars and even dwarf galaxies.
== Orbit ==
The Net Cluster orbits the Silky Way every 15 million years at an average distance of 2.1 thousand light years from the galactic plane. Its orbit is also retrograde.
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