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Population I
One of two groups that stars and stellar clusters can be divided into, according to age, position in space, and chemical composition.

Population I stars are relatively young, very luminous stars belonging to the spiral arms of galaxies. Typical members are O-type stars, Delta Cephei stars, and open clusters.

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