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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"
M110: Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy
09/09/2008
A Flock of Stars
06/09/2008
Milky Way Road Trip
05/09/2008
Fermi's First Light
28/08/2008
47 Tuc: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars
26/08/2008
Facing NGC 6946
15/08/2008
Perseid Trail
14/08/2008
NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster
06/08/2008
Galaxies on a String
31/07/2008
The Milky Way Over Ontario
29/07/2008
Spitzer's M101
25/07/2008
The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 271
21/07/2008
Jupiter over Ephesus
18/07/2008
Gas and Dust of the Lagoon Nebula
15/07/2008
A Dark Sky Over Death Valley
13/07/2008
NGC 7331 and Beyond
12/07/2008
The Far 3kpc Arm
11/07/2008
In the Heart of the Virgo Cluster
08/07/2008
The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky
07/07/2008
Pickering's Triangle from Kitt Peak
01/07/2008
Fireball at Ayers Rock
28/06/2008
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
22/06/2008
The Star Streams of NGC 5907
19/06/2008
Inside the Coma Cluster of Galaxies
16/06/2008
At Last, GLAST
13/06/2008
Two-Armed Spiral Milky Way
06/06/2008
Spitzer's Milky Way
05/06/2008
The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies
20/05/2008
Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628
15/05/2008
The M81 Galaxy Group Through the Integrated Flux Nebula
12/05/2008