Disc galaxy

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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 galactic core in the same plane, although not always in the same direction. These galaxies may or may not include a central non-disc-like region (a galactic bulge).

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