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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"
Aurora Australis
04/07/2015
Stars of a Summer's Triangle
27/06/2015
Hubble's Messier 5
20/06/2015
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
11/06/2015
The Milky Way over the Temple of Poseidon
08/06/2015
NGC 2419: Intergalactic Wanderer
04/06/2015
Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
28/05/2015
The Galaxy Tree
25/05/2015
A Dark and Dusty Sky
22/05/2015
Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
19/05/2015
The Sky from Mauna Kea
11/05/2015
Massive Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
28/04/2015
Blue Tears and the Milky Way
24/04/2015
Meteor in the Milky Way
23/04/2015
M46 Plus Two
17/04/2015
One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725
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16/04/2015
Milky Way over Erupting Volcano
13/04/2015
NGC 2903: A Missing Jewel in Leo
10/04/2015
In the Heart of the Virgo Cluster
07/04/2015
Voorwerpjes in Space
04/04/2015
The Owl and the Galaxy
02/04/2015
NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
27/03/2015
Stars at the Galactic Center
08/03/2015
Inside the Coma Cluster of Galaxies
01/03/2015
The Milky Way Over the Arizona Toadstools
23/02/2015
Palomar 12
19/02/2015
M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
11/02/2015
Stars, Sprites, Clouds, Auroras
04/02/2015
Yellow Balls in W33
31/01/2015
Our Galaxy's Magnetic Field from Planck
27/01/2015