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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"
Galaxies in Pegasus
03/12/2016
Milky Way over Shipwreck
30/11/2016
NGC 891 vs Abell 347
12/11/2016
Great Rift Near the Center of the Milky Way
10/11/2016
The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula
08/11/2016
Starburst Cluster in NGC 3603
06/11/2016
Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
30/10/2016
Haunting the Cepheus Flare
28/10/2016
HI4PI: The Hydrogen Sky
24/10/2016
The Tulip in the Swan
20/10/2016
Gemini Observatory North
15/10/2016
Galaxies from the Altiplano
13/10/2016
Trifid, Lagoon, and Mars
06/10/2016
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
30/09/2016
Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
29/09/2016
Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
Video
26/09/2016
Heart and Soul and Double Cluster
24/09/2016
Zooming in on Star Cluster Terzan 5
Video
21/09/2016
M33: Triangulum Galaxy
17/09/2016
Retrograde Mars and Saturn
15/09/2016
NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
13/09/2016
The Wide and Deep Lagoon
09/09/2016
Light at the End of the Road
01/09/2016
The Milky Way Sets
26/08/2016
Closest Star has Potentially Habitable Planet
25/08/2016
Gamma-rays and Comet Dust
20/08/2016
Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater
19/08/2016
Perseid Night at Yosemite
18/08/2016
Meteor before Galaxy
17/08/2016
Five Planets and the Moon over Australia
16/08/2016