Back to Glossary
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"
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
NGC 3370: A Sharper View
14/05/2005
CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
08/05/2005
Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628
08/04/2005
Cyg X-1: Can Black Holes Form in the Dark?
02/04/2005
Markarian's Chain of Galaxies
16/03/2005
NGC 1499: California Nebula
10/03/2005
In the Center of the Virgo Cluster
13/02/2005
The Swarm
28/01/2005
NGC 6946: The Fireworks Galaxy
25/01/2005
NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
18/01/2005
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
12/01/2005
Milky Way Illustrated
04/01/2005
M81 and M82: GALEX Full Field
30/12/2004
Andromeda's Core
27/12/2004
The Arms of NGC 7424
16/12/2004
Nearby Spiral M33
14/12/2004
Kemble's Cascade
05/12/2004
I Zwicky 18: Young Galaxy
03/12/2004
NGC 2683: Spiral Edge-On
27/11/2004
What the Hubble Saw
25/11/2004