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OB Association
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An OB association is a loose grouping of several thousand stars, a small fraction of which are of spectral type O and B. These latter are the most massive members of the group and also the most luminous, allowing identification of OB associations out to great distances. In external spiral galaxies, they trace the spiral arms. OB associations range in size, with diameters