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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 on a String
02/07/2010
Trees, Sky, Galactic Eye
29/06/2010
The Starry Night of Alamut
25/06/2010
The Galactic Center in Infrared from 2MASS
30/05/2010
M87: Elliptical Galaxy with Jet
20/05/2010
Milky Way Over Ancient Ghost Panel
19/05/2010
Panorama of the Whale Galaxy
17/05/2010
Iguaçu Starry Night
14/05/2010
M72: A Globular Cluster of Stars
12/05/2010
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
02/05/2010
Virgo Cluster Galaxy NGC 4731
29/04/2010
NGC 1055: Galaxy in a Box
24/04/2010
NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy
15/04/2010
Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
31/03/2010
The Nearby Milky Way in Cold Dust
22/03/2010
Zodiacal Light Vs. Milky Way
20/03/2010
Fermi Catalogs the Gamma-ray Sky
18/03/2010
Galaxies Beyond the Heart: Maffei 1 and 2
09/03/2010
Deep Auriga
05/03/2010
Edge-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 891
25/02/2010
WISE Infrared Andromeda
19/02/2010
Star Cluster M34
11/02/2010
Messier 88
30/01/2010
The Magellanic Stream
25/01/2010
Dust and the NGC 7771 Group
21/01/2010
M94: A New Perspective
14/01/2010
Andromeda Island Universe
09/01/2010
The Tail of the Small Magellanic Cloud
07/01/2010
Spitzer's M101
30/12/2009
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
28/12/2009