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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"
Shell Galaxies in Pisces
07/11/2024
Milky Way over Easter Island
05/11/2024
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
01/11/2024
NGC 602: Stars Versus Pillars from Webb
29/10/2024
Globular Star Cluster NGC 6752
25/10/2024
Colorful Aurora over New Zealand
16/10/2024
Aurora Timelapse Over Italian Alps
Video
13/10/2024
The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy
02/10/2024
Stellar Streams in the Local Universe
27/09/2024
The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
26/09/2024
NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula
24/09/2024
The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus
19/09/2024
The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant
18/09/2024
A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains
11/09/2024
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
08/09/2024
NGC 247 and Friends
05/09/2024
IFN and the NGC 7771 Group
31/08/2024
Star Factory Messier 17
29/08/2024
Fermi's 12-year All-Sky Gamma-ray Map
21/08/2024
Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge
12/08/2024
Milky Way Behind Three Merlons
07/08/2024
Milky Way Over Tunisia
05/08/2024
Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
Video
04/08/2024
Milky Way over Uluru
29/07/2024
Facing NGC 6946
26/07/2024
Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas
22/07/2024
King of Wings Hoodoo under the Milky Way
21/07/2024
Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud
18/07/2024
Villarrica Volcano Against the Sky
Video
17/07/2024
Jones-Emberson 1
12/07/2024