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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"
Facing NGC 6946
10/04/2004
NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge
09/04/2004
A Cerro Tololo Sky
13/03/2004
V838 Mon: Echoes from the Edge
05/03/2004
POX 186: Not So Long Ago
28/02/2004
Heaven on Earth
23/02/2004
NGC 1569: Starburst in a Small Galaxy
05/02/2004
X-Ray Rings Expand from a Gamma Ray Burst
30/01/2004
NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy
23/01/2004
The Andromeda Galaxy from GALEX
22/12/2003
A Flock of Stars
13/12/2003
NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
09/12/2003
New Horizons at Jupiter
04/12/2003
Canis Major Dwarf: A New Closest Galaxy
17/11/2003
Cygnus Nebulosities
23/10/2003
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
12/10/2003
The Sagittarius Dwarf Tidal Stream
30/09/2003
Aurora Over the Chugach Mountains
29/09/2003
Our Galaxy in Stars, Gas, and Dust
28/09/2003
M33: Spiral Galaxy in Triangulum
24/09/2003
The 2MASS Galaxy Sky
17/09/2003
Globular Cluster M3
15/09/2003
NGC 3370: A Sharper View
11/09/2003
A Gemini Sky
09/09/2003
The Galactic Center in Infrared
07/09/2003
Recycling Cassiopeia A
30/08/2003
The Northern Milky Way
25/08/2003
In the Center of the Virgo Cluster
04/08/2003
Island Universe, Cosmic Sand
02/08/2003
The Aquarius Dwarf
27/07/2003