galactic bulge
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galactic bulge
(gă-lak -tik) See galaxies; Galaxy.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
galactic bulge
[gə¦lak·tik ′bəlj] (astronomy)
A spheroidal distribution of stars that is centered on the nucleus of the Milky Way Galaxy and extends to a distance of about 3 kiloparsecs from the center.
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