Description: 銀河暈是一個大致呈球形分布的恆星、氣體和暗物質區域，它延伸在銀河系的盤面之上、之下以及之外。與銀河系星盤中的大多數恆星相比，星暈中的恆星更為古老，金屬含量也更低。在太陽周圍區域，只有百分之幾的恆星來自銀暈。銀暈中還有球狀星團。

一個看不見的暗物質暈也延伸穿過銀河並環繞著銀河系，它包含了銀河系的大部分質量。

大多數其他星系也有星系暈。

Related Terms:

• 銀河系核球
• 銀河系中心
• 銀盤
• 銀河系
• 球狀星團
• Stellar Population

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