Kara Cluster

The Kara Cluster was an area of gas and nebulae near the of  in the, and due to its closeness to the supermassive black hole the region was extremely hazardous to navigate and inhabit. It was one of the closest accessible parts of the Deep Core to the black hole.

History
The region was originally discovered and reported on by explorers around 4,000 BBY, but due to the shifting stars and disruptions caused by the galactic center black hole no explorers ventured into the region. It was initially referred to as "Central Cluster" in reference to its location by Republic star charts. In the decades leading up to the the  finally commissioned an expedition which charted the area, estimating that the cluster had about 7,000 densely-packed stars and 26,000 worlds. The Republic expedition did not find any sentient life on those planets, although it only visited a small number of them.

In 9 BBY, during the reign of, the Imperial Cartographic Service sent an expedition there which set up a research station which aimed at observing the center of the galaxy. A small crew of s assisted by droids populated the station, usually a few months at a time. Permanent missions to the research station ceased in 0 ABY, but the cluster was officially named the Kara Cluster after the leader of the mission.