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The Formation and Evolution of Massive Star Clusters: Historical Overview
Sidney van den Bergh
Some factors connecting the evolutionary histories of galaxies with the characteristics of their cluster systems are reviewed. Unanswered questions include: How is one to understan…
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History of the Local Group
Sidney van den Bergh
It is suggested that M31 was created by the early merger, and subsequent violent relaxation, of two or more massive metal-rich ancestral galaxies within the core of the Andromeda s…