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Assume Globular Clusters
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orbit around center of galaxy
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Center of Globular Cluster
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distribution is 8.5 kpc in
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direction of Sagittarius
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We are about 2/3 of the way out
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to one side – so “diameter” is
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approx. 25 kpc or 75,000 ly.
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Dust within the galactic plane
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fools us with respect to
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distribution of ordinary stars
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