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galactic corona

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galactic corona [gə¦lak·tik kə′rōn·ə]
(astronomy)
A low-density gaseous region extending away from the dense gas of the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy into the halo for distances estimated to be at least 3000 parsecs.


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The absorption dip indicates that the clouds barrel through the halo, known as the galactic corona, at 224 kilometers per second.
 
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