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Star clusters provide controlled stellar populations whose members formed at roughly the same time and from similar material.
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Because cluster members share age and initial composition, stellar mass becomes the primary driver of different evolutionary stages.
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Color-magnitude diagrams reveal sharply defined cluster sequences, turnoff points, giant branches, and white-dwarf populations.