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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"
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
Geminids of the South
17/12/2015
When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal
13/12/2015
Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent
04/12/2015
Nebulae in Auriga
01/12/2015
Earth and Milky Way from Space
07/11/2015
The Milky Way Over Monument Valley
01/11/2015
IC 1871: Inside the Soul Nebula
29/10/2015
Star Factory Messier 17
22/10/2015
The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky
19/10/2015
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81
17/10/2015
Night Hides the World
16/10/2015
A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse
14/10/2015
Galaxy, Stars, and Dust
12/10/2015