<FCFORMSHEADER>
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE FIRSTCLASS SYSTEM "firstclass.dtd">

<firstclass>

	<fcobject objtype="oConfItem" formid="141" objname="David A. Edwards">

		<field id="8018" index="0" type="number">23032</field>

		<subject index="0" >Re(3): Globular clusters</subject>

		<tonames index="0" >S194 06E real time observing</tonames>

		<tonames index="1" ></tonames>

		<ccnames index="0" ></ccnames>

		<bccnames index="0" ></bccnames>

	</fcobject>

</firstclass>

</FCFORMSHEADER>
Bear in mind that objects tend to follow orbits rather than simply fall together.  This is because they have motion and that means they are not able to fall onto each other. 
Jonathan Ransom 2 on 15 May 2006 at 23:18 +0000 wrote:
Andy Norton writes:
>Jonathan Ransom 2 writes:
>Is there any way to know how far apart the stars are in the centre of
>globular clusters? I ask because I want to ask another question. 
>
>I guess this can be measured or calculatedfromgood images,
>I seem to remember that whereaswe have one star system within 4
>lightyears,
>inthe centre of a globular cluster,there wouldbe thousands of stars this
>close!

Thx Andy, doesn't this present a problem in that if all these thousands of star were in such close proximity to each other they would have collapsed into each other by now? 

Jon