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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"
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
Leo A: Nearby Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
10/11/2004
The Galactic Center in Infrared
07/11/2004
X-Rays from the Galactic Core
06/11/2004
Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
31/10/2004
The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies
25/10/2004
Glimpse of a Globular Star Cluster
14/10/2004
Kepler's SNR from Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer
08/10/2004
N11: A Giant Ring of Emission Nebulas
06/10/2004
Fornax Cluster in Motion
24/09/2004
La Silla's Starry Night
23/09/2004