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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"
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
Elliptical M60, Spiral NGC 4647
28/01/2016
An Airglow Fan from Lake to Sky
27/01/2016
A Candidate for the Biggest Boom Yet Seen
26/01/2016
Big Dipper, Deep Sky
23/01/2016
21st Century M101
22/01/2016
The View Toward M101
21/01/2016
Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star
18/01/2016
The Galactic Center in Infrared
17/01/2016
Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
14/01/2016
The California Nebula
12/01/2016
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
09/01/2016
High Energy Andromeda
07/01/2016
A Starry Night of Iceland
03/01/2016
Sky Lights in the New Year
02/01/2016
Southern Craters and Galaxies
26/12/2015
Star Colors and Pinyon Pine
24/12/2015
Star Streams and the Whale Galaxy
19/12/2015