![]() Parts of the Galaxy![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Disk Globular Clusters and the stars in the thick disk move in highly elliptical orbits that pass through the central bulge. The thick disk rotates as a unit around the central bulge at about half the speed of the thin disk. Milky Way Graphic by Lucas Leslie, Yr 9 student, ESC, May 2000 |