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    | – | The Disk Component 
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    |  | • | Stars, gas, and dust 
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    |  | – | The spiral arms 
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    |  | • | Size: 
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    |  |  
    |  | – | Luminous Diameter ~ 25 kpc 
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    |  |  
    |  | – | Thickness 300 pc – 1 kpc 
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    |  | O stars and dust smaller 
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    |  | Sun-like stars greater 
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    | – | The Spherical Component 
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    |  | • | Old Stars, but little gas or dust 
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    |  | • | The Halo 
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    |  | – | Globular clusters 
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    |  | – | Isolated old stars 
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    |  |  
    |  | » | red dwarfs, giants, white 
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    |  | dwarfs 
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    |  |  
    |  | • | The Nuclear Bulge 
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