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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"
Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273
21/04/2011
Messier 101
15/04/2011
The Milky Way Over Tenerife
05/04/2011
Giant Galaxy NGC 6872
03/04/2011
NGC 6384: Spiral Beyond the Stars
22/03/2011
Messier 106
19/03/2011
Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628
16/03/2011
NGC 6914 Nebulae
04/03/2011
NGC 1499: The California Nebula
02/03/2011
Shell Galaxies in Pisces
26/02/2011
NGC 4449: Close-up of a Small Galaxy
25/02/2011
Milky Way Over Switzerland
21/02/2011
Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 Close Up
19/02/2011
Hanny's Voorwerp
10/02/2011
The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda
20/01/2011
Kona Galaxy Garden
18/01/2011
Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
16/01/2011
The Seagull Nebula
12/01/2011
The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula
11/01/2011
Winter Hexagon Over Stagecoach Colorado
03/01/2011
Fireworks Galaxy NGC 6946
01/01/2011
Skylights Over Libya
28/12/2010
One Million Galaxies
27/12/2010
Decorating the Sky
25/12/2010
Hidden Galaxy IC 342
22/12/2010
M81 and Arp's Loop
09/12/2010
M33: Triangulum Galaxy
03/12/2010
Star Streams of NGC 4216
27/11/2010
Stardust in Aries
25/11/2010
Nebulae in the Northern Cross
19/11/2010