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Unable to see scattered group of stars (6)

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I believe the answer is:

nebula

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'group of stars' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'unable to see scattered' is the wordplay.
'to see scattered' indicates an anagram.
'unable' with letters rearranged gives 'NEBULA'.

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(Other definitions for nebula that I've seen before include "Cloud of gas and dust in outer space" , "Hazy light; a slight cloudiness" , "Unable to be like a distant galaxy" , "Cloudy mass in the heavens" , "Interstellar gas cloud" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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