Galactic disk

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The Galactic disk is the flattened, rotating region of a spiral galaxy where most of its stars, gas, and dust are concentrated.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Milky Way disk 11
Galactic disk canonical 3
Galactic plane 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sargas isLocatedIn Galactic disk
NGC 5460 partOf Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
Serpens OB1 association locatedIn Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
Milky Way–Sagittarius dwarf interaction system affectsComponent Milky Way outer disk
linked to: Galactic disk
GD-1 stream isPerturbedBy Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
NGC 6603 memberOf Milky Way disk
subject linked to: open cluster NGC 6603
linked to: Galactic disk
Great Attractor region obscuredBy Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
Abell 3627 obscuredBy Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
Zone of Avoidance of the Milky Way obscuredBy Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
Galactic anticenter belongsTo Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
Galactic anticenter liesNear Galactic plane
linked to: Galactic disk
Monoceros Stream associatedWith Galactic warp
linked to: Galactic disk
Orion–Cygnus Arm partOf Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
NGC 2251 belongsTo Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
local standard of rest belongsTo Milky Way disk
linked to: Galactic disk
Helix Nebula locatedIn Galactic disk
Milky Way bulge and bar alignedApproximatelyWith Galactic plane
linked to: Galactic disk