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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"
Three Arches Above Utah
24/05/2011
A Journey Through the Night Sky
20/05/2011
A Starry Night of Iceland
17/05/2011
Time Lapse Clouds and Sky Over the Canary Islands
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16/05/2011
The Little Dipper
14/05/2011
The Southern Cliff in the Lagoon
11/05/2011
Wonder and Mystery above the Very Large Telescopes
09/05/2011
Globular Cluster M15 from Hubble
03/05/2011
Hydrogen in the LMC
26/04/2011
Virgo Cluster Galaxies
22/04/2011
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