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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"
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
M63: Sunflower Galaxy Wide Field
04/08/2016
Behold the Universe
03/08/2016
Herschel's Eagle Nebula
28/07/2016
Puzzling a Sky over Argentina
26/07/2016
Deep Magellanic Clouds Image Indicates Collisions
25/07/2016
Summer Planets and Milky Way
23/07/2016
NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends
14/07/2016
The Altiplano Night
07/07/2016
Arp 286: Trio in Virgo
06/07/2016
Firefly Trails and the Summer Milky Way
02/07/2016
The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness
30/06/2016
From Alpha to Omega in Crete
29/06/2016
Sagittarius Sunflowers
24/06/2016