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Milky Way
The galaxy that contains our Solar System, characterized by its barred spiral structure with multiple spiral arms extending from a central bar.
Source: esa.int
APODs including "Milky Way"
Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
24/10/2021
Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster
19/10/2021
NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern Sky
15/10/2021
NGC 6559: East of the Lagoon
07/10/2021
A Light and Dusty Night
02/10/2021
The Central Milky Way from Lagoon to Pipe
01/10/2021
Night of the Perseids
Video
28/09/2021
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
20/09/2021
Rubin's Galaxy
18/09/2021
Night Sky Reflected
13/09/2021
The Deep Sky Toward Andromeda
08/09/2021
NGC 520: Colliding Galaxies from Hubble
07/09/2021
Firefly Milky Way over Russia
06/09/2021
Bright Meteor, Starry Sky
19/08/2021
Perseid Meteor, Red Sprites, and Nova RS Ophiuchus
16/08/2021
Perseid Rain
15/08/2021
Island Universe, Cosmic Sand
14/08/2021
Perseus and the Lost Meteors
09/08/2021
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
06/08/2021
A Perseid Fireball and the Milky Way
03/08/2021
The Tulip and Cygnus X-1
29/07/2021
Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741
28/07/2021
NGC 7814: Little Sombrero with Supernova
22/07/2021
Framed by Trees: A Window to the Galaxy
19/07/2021
The Andromeda Galaxy in Ultraviolet
18/07/2021
Along the Milky Way
03/07/2021
Andromeda in a Single Shot
25/06/2021
Scorpius Enhanced
16/06/2021
A Total Lunar Eclipse Corona
09/06/2021
Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
03/06/2021