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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"
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
Sisters of the Dusty Sky
18/11/2010
Atoms-for-Peace Galaxy Collision
16/11/2010
Spiral Galaxy M66
13/11/2010
Huge Gamma Ray Bubbles Found Around Milky Way
10/11/2010
NGC 4452: An Extremely Thin Galaxy
09/11/2010
The Milky Way Over the Peak of the Furnace
01/11/2010
Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
31/10/2010
Ultraviolet Andromeda
27/10/2010
NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
17/10/2010
The Large Cloud of Magellan
16/10/2010
NGC 2683: Spiral Edge-On
11/10/2010
Globular Star Cluster NGC 6934
09/10/2010
Zarmina's World
01/10/2010
Zodiacal Light Over Namibia
13/09/2010
Star Streams and the Sunflower Galaxy
11/09/2010
Vela Supernova Remnant
10/09/2010
The Small Cloud of Magellan
03/09/2010
The Local Fluff
29/08/2010
A Milky Way Shadow at Loch Ard Gorge
23/08/2010
Night of the Perseids
14/08/2010