Galactic halo
A galactic halo is a roughly spherical part of a galaxy. It extends beyond the main, visible part.[1] Several components make up the halo:[2][3]
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Location | | The Milky Way Galaxy |
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Structure | Galactic Center | |
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Disk |
- Orion–Cygnus
- Perseus
- Carina–Sagittarius
- Norma–Cygnus
- Scutum–Centaurus
- Near 3 kpc Arm
- Far 3 kpc Arm
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Halo |
- Aquarius Stream
- Fimbulthul stream
- Gaia Sausage
- Helmi stream
- Magellanic Stream
- Monoceros Ring
- Palomar 5 stream
- Pisces-Eridanus stream
- Sagittarius Stream
- Virgo Stream
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Satellitegalaxies | Magellanic Clouds | |
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Dwarfs |
- Phoenix
- Sagittarius Spheroidal
- Antlia II
- Boötes I
- Boötes II
- Boötes III
- Canes Venatici I
- Canes Venatici II
- Canis Major
- Carina
- Coma Berenices
- Crater 2
- Draco
- Eridanus II
- Fornax
- Hercules
- Leo I
- Leo II
- Leo IV
- Leo V
- Leo T
- Pisces Overdensity
- Pisces II
- Reticulum II
- Segue 1
- Segue 2
- Sculptor
- Sextans
- Triangulum II
- Ursa Major I
- Ursa Major II
- Ursa Minor
- Virgo I
- Willman 1
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Related |
- Zone of Avoidance
- Alternate names
- Andromeda–Milky Way collision
- Baade's Window
- In mythology
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