Description: आकाशगंगेमध्ये गॅलेक्टिक फुगवटा म्हणजे आकाशगंगेच्या केंद्राभोवतीचा प्रदेश, जिथे तारे सभोवतालच्या चकतीसारख्या प्रदेशापेक्षा कमी-चपट्या आकारमानात असतात. आकाशगंगेच्या फुगवट्याच्या भागामध्ये सहसा जुने तारे असतात परंतु त्यात नवीन ताऱ्यांचे मिश्रणसुद्धा असते. इतर सर्पिल आकाशगंगांमध्ये विविध प्रमाणात मध्यवर्ती फुगवटे असतात.

Related Terms:

• Galactic Center
• Galactic Disk
• Galactic Halo
• Galaxy

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