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    galactic disc (or galactic disk) is a component of disc galaxies, such as spiral galaxies like the Milky Way and lenticular galaxies. Galactic discs consist...
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    A disc galaxy (or disk galaxy) is a galaxy characterized by a galactic disc. This is a flattened circular volume of stars that are mainly orbiting the...
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  • hypothetical source of the galactic halo of coronal gas may be the cumulative output of many “galactic fountains” in the galactic disc ejecting hot gas. The...
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  • An active galactic nucleus (AGN) is a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum...
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  • Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles (advertised as Pokémon: DP Galactic Battles) is the twelfth season of the Pokémon animated series and the...
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  • the Gaia Sausage. Disc galaxy – Type of galactic form Galactic bulge – Tightly packed group of stars within a larger formation Galactic corona – Hot, ionised...
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    the center into the galactic disc. The spiral arms are sites of ongoing star formation and are brighter than the surrounding disc because of the young...
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    the primary galaxy's spiral arms. An example of a major interaction is a galactic collision, which may lead to a galaxy merger. A giant galaxy interacting...
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  • Galactic is an American funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana. Formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galactic Prophylactic) and including singer Chris...
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    400 ± 3,600 light-years), by assuming that the galactic disc is well represented by an exponential disc and adopting a central surface brightness of the...
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    Kuijken K.; Gilmore G. (1989). "The Mass Distribution in the Galactic Disc – III. The Local Volume Mass Density". Monthly Notices of the Royal...
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    orbits of material in the Oort disc are largely thanks to this galactic gravitational torquing. By the same token, galactic interference in the motion of...
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  • general Active galactic nucleus Galactic bulge Galactic disc Galactic habitable zone Galactic halo Dark matter halo Galactic corona Galactic magnetic fields...
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    The Galactic Empire, also known simply as the Empire, is a fictional autocracy featured in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the 1977 film Star Wars...
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    gas surrounding it. The standard model for an active galactic nucleus is based on an accretion disc that forms around a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at...
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    supermassive black holes is the process responsible for powering active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and quasars. Two supermassive black holes have been directly...
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    active galactic nuclei and of quasars, which are thought to be massive black holes at the center of galaxies. As matter enters the accretion disc, it follows...
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  • the album includes a second disc with the instrumental version of disc one. Credits for Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex adapted from liner...
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  • The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes that ran in 1985. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera...
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    Thick disk (redirect from Thick disc)
    (1983). "New light on faint stars. III - Galactic structure towards the South Pole and the Galactic thick disc". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...
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    the easily distorted galactic discs (or other extremities) of one or both bodies, rather than the gravitationally bound galactic centers. Two very prominent...
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    In astronomy, a galactic bulge (or simply bulge) is a tightly packed group of stars within a larger star formation. The term almost exclusively refers...
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  • Vinyl data is the use of vinyl discs to store sequenced/encoded data rather than for simple analog recordings. This alternate use of the storage medium...
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    Sagittarius A* (category Galactic Center)
    (/ˈsædʒ ˈeɪ stɑːr/ SADGE-AY-star), is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border...
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    region of a molecular cloud collapsed, forming the Sun and a protoplanetary disc. The Sun is a typical star that maintains a balanced equilibrium by the fusion...
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    Norma Arm (category Galactic astronomy)
    'spiral arms', where particularly large numbers of stars can be found. Galactic disc Churchwell, Ed; Babler, Brian L.; Meade, Marlin A. (2009). "The Spitzer/GLIMPSE...
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    Teleporter Punch Galactic Phoenix (after the upgrade) Galactic Space Strike Combatron Foot Blade Combatron Hip Disc Galactic Space Sword Galactic Phoenix Space...
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    of the universe Galactic disc – Component of disc galaxies comprising gas and stars Formation and evolution of the Solar System Galactic coordinate system –...
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    orbits the Galactic Centre cause it to regularly pass through the galactic plane. When the Sun's orbit takes it outside the galactic disc, the influence...
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    Nebula (M76) Diffuse Nebula M78 Open Cluster M93 The Owl Nebula (M97) Galactic disc Gould Belt Jon Lomberg's Milky Way painting used as background for Kepler...
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