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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"
The Center of Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
14/09/2009
Summer Night in Astronomy Town
12/09/2009
Jupiter Over the Mediterranean
07/09/2009
CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
06/09/2009
NGC 7771 Galaxy Group
29/08/2009
A Dark Sky Over Sequoia National Park
27/08/2009
The Gum Nebula
22/08/2009
The Whale and the Hockey Stick
21/08/2009
The Milky Way Over the Badlands
18/08/2009
Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
12/08/2009
The Star Clusters of NGC 1313
07/08/2009
The Milky Way Over Devils Tower
29/07/2009
Fermi's Gamma-ray Pulsars
09/07/2009
Saharan Starry Night
27/06/2009
Streaming Dark Nebulas near B44
15/06/2009
Stars at the Galactic Center
14/06/2009
The Milky Road
13/06/2009
Markarian's Chain of Galaxies
09/06/2009
One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725
06/06/2009
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
05/06/2009
Messier 106
29/05/2009
Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble
24/05/2009
East of Antares
22/05/2009
IC 4592: A Blue Horsehead
21/05/2009
Sagittarius and the Central Milky Way
19/05/2009
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
10/05/2009
A Starry Night in Brazil
09/05/2009
Galaxies of the Perseus Cluster
08/05/2009
NGC 2392 Nebula from Hubble
03/05/2009
The Whale Galaxy
02/05/2009