Halo, Galactic

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4696.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4696. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies, Milky Way Galaxy

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A spherical or spheroidal distribution of globular star clusters and old
stars that surrounds a spiral galaxy. The diameter of a galactic halo is
comparable to, or larger than, the overall diameter of the disk within
which the spiral arms are located (about 100 000 light-years in the case
of the Milky Way Galaxy, the galaxy of which the Sun is a member)....

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