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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"
The Local Interstellar Cloud
11/04/2000
Neighboring Galaxy: The Large Magellanic Cloud
22/02/2000
The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
20/02/2000
The W4 Chimney
07/02/2000
The Milky Way in Infrared
30/01/2000
Spiral Galaxy In Centaurus
27/01/2000
X For Andromeda
21/01/2000
X-Rays From The Galactic Center
20/01/2000
NGC 6791: An Old, Large Open Cluster
12/01/2000
Galaxy Dwingeloo 1 Emerges
09/01/2000
Galaxies Cluster Toward the Great Attractor
04/01/2000
The Century that Defined Galaxy
30/12/1999
Irregular Galaxy Sextans A
18/12/1999
High Velocity Clouds and the Milky Way
14/12/1999
M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT
06/12/1999
Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 in Coma
21/11/1999
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
14/11/1999
X-Ray Jet From Centaurus A
28/10/1999
The Frothy Milky Way
09/10/1999
Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Leo I
03/10/1999
Our Galaxy in Stars, Gas, and Dust
27/09/1999
M83: A Barred Spiral Galaxy
26/09/1999
HCG 87: A Small Group of Galaxies
06/09/1999
Galaxies Away
21/08/1999
NGC 3372: The Great Nebula in Carina
19/07/1999
NGC 7789: Galactic Star Cluster
09/07/1999
COBE Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
27/06/1999
NGC 1365: A Nearby Barred Spiral Galaxy
24/06/1999
The Galactic Center in Infrared
21/06/1999
NGC 4565: Needle Galaxy
17/06/1999