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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 Host Galaxies of Long-Duration GRBs
17/05/2006
Comet Meets Ring Nebula: Part I
11/05/2006
The Large Cloud of Magellan
10/05/2006
Star Clouds over Arizona
24/04/2006
Smoke from the Cigar Galaxy
14/04/2006
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
03/04/2006
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
21/03/2006
Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN
12/03/2006
Messier 101
02/03/2006
M8: The Lagoon Nebula
10/02/2006
NGC 1309 and Friends
09/02/2006
Stars of the Galactic Center
13/01/2006
The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies
30/12/2005
Hydrogen and Dust in the Rosette Nebula
23/12/2005
Andromeda Island Universe
22/12/2005
M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT
18/12/2005
GLIMPSE the Milky Way
16/12/2005
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