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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"
Galaxy and Planets Beyond Bristlecone Pines
19/06/2016
NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy
03/06/2016
NGC 5078 and Friends
25/05/2016
Milky Way Over the Spanish Peaks
24/05/2016
Milky Way and Planets Near Opposition
21/05/2016
Milky Way Over Quiver Tree Forest
15/05/2016
Falcon 9 and Milky Way
14/05/2016
Saturn and Mars visit Milky Way Star Clouds
10/05/2016
Moon over Makemake
30/04/2016
A Dust Angel Nebula
28/04/2016
Omega Centauri: The Brightest Globular Star Cluster
27/04/2016
Milky Way in Moonlight
23/04/2016
The Comet, the Owl, and the Galaxy
21/04/2016
Andromeda on the Rocks
19/04/2016
Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte
07/04/2016
Big Dipper to Southern Cross
31/03/2016
Close Comet and the Milky Way
25/03/2016
Hickson 91 in Piscis Austrinus
24/03/2016
The Great Nebula in Carina
23/03/2016
Rainbow Airglow over the Azores
22/03/2016
The W in Cassiopeia
18/03/2016
Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866
09/03/2016
Sculptor Galaxy NGC 134
04/03/2016
Highest, Tallest, and Closest to the Stars
25/02/2016
A Supernova through Galaxy Dust
23/02/2016
NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
19/02/2016
Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia
17/02/2016
Galaxies in the River
10/02/2016
Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82
03/02/2016
Hidden Galaxy IC 342
29/01/2016