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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"
Galaxies, Stars, and Dust
13/10/2012
Pan-STARRS and Nebulae
12/10/2012
Spherical Planetary Nebula Abell 39
08/10/2012
Goat Aurora Over Greenland
03/10/2012
Stars in a Dusty Sky
28/09/2012
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
27/09/2012
Elliptical M60, Spiral NGC 4647
14/09/2012
Milky Way Over the Bungle Bungles
11/09/2012
Airglow over Italy
06/09/2012
M72: A Globular Cluster of Stars
19/08/2012
Spiral Galaxy NGC 5033
17/08/2012
Perseid Meteors and the Milky Way
14/08/2012
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision
12/08/2012
Messier 5
03/08/2012
The Milky Way Over Monument Valley
01/08/2012
The Tulip in the Swan
26/07/2012
Simulation: A Disk Galaxy Forms
Video
17/07/2012
21st Century M101
13/07/2012
Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
Video
02/07/2012
Dark Clouds in Aquila
29/06/2012
In the Glare of Alpha Centauri
28/06/2012
Milky Way Over Piton de l'Eau
25/06/2012
Milky Way Above Easter Island
18/06/2012
M65 and M66
15/06/2012
Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending
04/06/2012
A Sagittarius Triplet
01/06/2012
At the Edge of NGC 891
26/05/2012
GALEX: The Andromeda Galaxy
18/05/2012
Herschel's Cygnus X
17/05/2012
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 from Hubble
13/05/2012