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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"
Milky Way Over Spain's Bardenas Reales
02/09/2013
A Sagittarius Triplet
30/08/2013
A Flight through the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Video
27/08/2013
The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 271
25/08/2013
Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Over Scotland
Video
19/08/2013
M8: The Lagoon Nebula
17/08/2013
The Magellanic Stream
15/08/2013
NGC 3370: A Sharper View
08/08/2013
Meteors and Aurorae over Iceland
07/08/2013
Moon Over Andromeda
01/08/2013
NGC 2392 from Hubble and Chandra
30/07/2013
Atacama's Cloudy Night
27/07/2013
Comet Lemmon and the Deep Sky
20/07/2013
Hidden Galaxy IC 342
18/07/2013
Messier's Eleven
12/07/2013
Supergiant Star Gamma Cygni
09/07/2013
NGC 6384: Spiral Beyond the Stars
06/07/2013
Globular Star Cluster NGC 6752
05/07/2013
Stars and Lightning Over Greece
03/07/2013
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
26/06/2013
Milky Way Over Crater Lake with Airglow
19/06/2013
Delphinid Meteor Mystery
15/06/2013
Sharpless 115
14/06/2013
Star Size Comparisons
Video
06/06/2013
The Milky Trail
01/06/2013
The Eagle and The Swan
31/05/2013
One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725
30/05/2013
The Large Cloud of Magellan
28/05/2013
The Waterfall and the World at Night
17/05/2013
Kepler's Supernova Remnant in X-Rays
15/05/2013