Galactic nucleus

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Galactic nucleus
The central bulge of older stars that is found in the centre of all spiral galaxies, including our own. The stars in this region are of stellar population II. It is from the nucleus that the spiral arms emanate. The nucleus surrounds the galactic centre.



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