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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"
A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains
11/09/2024
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
08/09/2024
NGC 247 and Friends
05/09/2024
IFN and the NGC 7771 Group
31/08/2024
Star Factory Messier 17
29/08/2024
Fermi's 12-year All-Sky Gamma-ray Map
21/08/2024
Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge
12/08/2024
Milky Way Behind Three Merlons
07/08/2024
Milky Way Over Tunisia
05/08/2024
Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
Video
04/08/2024
Milky Way over Uluru
29/07/2024
Facing NGC 6946
26/07/2024
Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas
22/07/2024
King of Wings Hoodoo under the Milky Way
21/07/2024
Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud
18/07/2024
Villarrica Volcano Against the Sky
Video
17/07/2024
Jones-Emberson 1
12/07/2024
Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
11/07/2024
A Sagittarius Triplet
10/07/2024
NGC 7789: Caroline's Rose
06/07/2024
Mount Etna Milky Way
05/07/2024
Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way
Video
26/06/2024
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
22/06/2024
Messier 66 Close Up
13/06/2024
Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
08/06/2024
NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
03/06/2024
Stairway to the Milky Way
29/05/2024
3 ATs
04/05/2024
M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
02/05/2024
IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula
01/05/2024