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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"
Rainbow Airglow over the Azores
03/06/2025
Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Ancient Supernova
02/06/2025
Irregular Dwarf Galaxy Sextans A
29/05/2025
Zeta and Rho Ophiuchi with Milky Way
27/05/2025
Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb
26/05/2025
NGC 6366 vs 47 Ophiuchi
23/05/2025
Curly Spiral Galaxy M63
22/05/2025
Milky Way over Maunakea
20/05/2025
Messier 101
16/05/2025
Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy
13/05/2025
Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of our Galaxy
12/05/2025
Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82
07/05/2025
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335
26/04/2025
An Almost Everything Sky
23/04/2025
The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT
14/04/2025
38 Hours with the M81 Group
10/04/2025
Hickson 44 in Leo
04/04/2025
Messier 81
27/03/2025
NGC 772: The Fiddlehead Galaxy
12/03/2025
NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
11/03/2025
NGC 1499: The California Nebula
10/03/2025
Galaxies in Space
08/03/2025
Planetary Nebula Abell 7
07/03/2025
Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158
27/02/2025
Hubble's Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic
21/02/2025
Messier 87
20/02/2025
Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles
09/02/2025
LEDA 1313424: The Bullseye Galaxy
07/02/2025
NGC 7814: Little Sombrero
23/01/2025
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
17/01/2025