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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"
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
Zodiacal Light
13/06/1999
Warped Spiral Galaxy ESO510-13
12/05/1999
Hot Stars in the Southern Milky Way
07/05/1999
USNO-A2.0 Catalog: A Digital Sky
26/04/1999
Gamma Ray Moon
17/04/1999
Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
12/04/1999
Canaries Sky
10/04/1999
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
28/03/1999
Stars Without Galaxies
27/03/1999
M46 And NGC 2438: Young And Old
05/03/1999
Dark Cloud
26/02/1999
NGC 6712: Galactic Globular Cluster
25/02/1999
A Milky-Way Band
24/02/1999
In the Center of 30 Doradus
21/02/1999
Hickson Compact Group 40
17/02/1999
A Supernova Star-Field
09/02/1999
The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery
28/01/1999
NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster
17/01/1999
Edge-On Spiral Galaxy NGC 891
20/12/1998
Cartwheel Of Fortune
19/12/1998