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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"
Artificial Night Sky Brightness
27/08/2001
X-Rays from the Galactic Plane
14/08/2001
Perseids of Summer
10/08/2001
Neighboring Galaxy: The Large Magellanic Cloud
04/08/2001
Warped Spiral Galaxy ESO 510-13
03/08/2001
Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
30/07/2001
Hot Gas Halo Detected Around Galaxy NGC 4631
25/07/2001
NGC 1850: Not Found in the Milky Way
12/07/2001
A Total Eclipse Over Africa
11/07/2001
The Galactic Center in Infrared
08/07/2001
Moonlight, Mars, and Milky Way
27/06/2001
Around The Arches Cluster
14/06/2001
The Cartwheel Galaxy
12/06/2001
Globular Cluster M2
11/06/2001
A Cerro Tololo Sky
14/05/2001
Visitors' Galaxy Gallery
27/04/2001
Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
22/04/2001
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 2903
21/03/2001
NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster
11/03/2001
M100: A Grand Design
03/02/2001
All-Sky Panorama
02/02/2001
CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
28/01/2001
NGC 3603: X-Rays From A Starburst Cluster
24/01/2001
A Sky Full Of Hydrogen
13/01/2001
Watch the Sky Rotate
10/01/2001
Palomar 13's Last Stand
30/11/2000
The Cosmic X-Ray Background
09/11/2000
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy NGC 205 in the Local Group
23/10/2000
The Farthest Explosion Yet Measured
19/10/2000
Gemini North Images Bow Shock Near Galactic Center
17/10/2000