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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"
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
X-Ray Milky Way
12/07/2003
Snake in the Dark
20/06/2003
Cyg X-1: Can Black Holes Form in the Dark?
12/06/2003
Two Million Galaxies
11/06/2003
Warped Spiral Galaxy ESO 510-13
07/06/2003
The Milky Way Behind an Eclipsed Moon
03/06/2003
M74: The Perfect Spiral
24/05/2003
The Andromeda Deep Field
19/05/2003
A Tale of Two Nebulae
16/05/2003
M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT
11/05/2003