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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 Veil Nebula Unveiled
06/12/2005
Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star
04/12/2005
Light Echoes from V838 Mon
27/11/2005
Galactic Collision in Cluster Abell 1185
22/11/2005
A Taurid Meteor Fireball
15/11/2005
At the Center of the Milky Way
23/10/2005
The Andromeda Galaxy in Infrared
20/10/2005
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1350
06/10/2005
The Milky Way in Stars and Dust
04/10/2005
IC 1396 H-Alpha Close-Up
30/09/2005
An Unexplored Nebula
29/09/2005
Streams of Stars in the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
26/09/2005
The Colliding Galaxies of NGC 520
12/09/2005
Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae from SALT
05/09/2005
One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725
01/09/2005
Barred Spiral Milky Way
25/08/2005
Perseid Meteors and the Milky Way
15/08/2005
Stars Young and Old
04/08/2005
M106 in Canes Venatici
30/07/2005
Spherical Planetary Nebula Abell 39
28/07/2005
Ringed Nebulae
23/07/2005
NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge
08/07/2005
The 2MASS Galaxy Sky
26/06/2005
Visitors' Galaxy Gallery
18/06/2005
The Small Cloud of Magellan
17/06/2005
Rampaging Supernova Remnant N63A
08/06/2005
A Milky Way Band
05/06/2005
Sculpting the South Pillar
02/06/2005
The Sagittarius Dwarf Tidal Stream
29/05/2005
Snake in the Dark
21/05/2005