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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 Gamma Ray Sky
21/03/1998
Interstellar Dust-Bunnies of NGC 891
18/03/1998
Unusual M82: The Cigar Galaxy
15/03/1998
NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster
07/03/1998
Canaries Sky
05/03/1998
A Sky Full Of Hydrogen
01/03/1998
A Southern Sky View
26/02/1998
The Solar Neighborhood
25/02/1998
Sagittarius Dwarf to Collide with Milky Way
16/02/1998
Stars Without Galaxies
15/02/1998
A Magellanic Mural
03/02/1998
The Infrared Sky
28/01/1998
The Small Cloud of Magellan (SMC)
25/01/1998
The Large Cloud Of Magellan (LMC)
24/01/1998
The Milky Way in Infrared
29/12/1997
30 Doradus Across the Spectrum
24/12/1997
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
13/12/1997
Irregular Galaxy Sextans A
14/11/1997
The Milky Way's Gamma-Ray Halo
05/11/1997
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
01/11/1997
In the Center of 30 Doradus
04/10/1997
Comet Halley and the Milky Way
03/10/1997
Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
19/09/1997
Zodiacal Light
26/08/1997
The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
09/08/1997
The Small Cloud of Magellan
19/07/1997
Distant Galaxies
22/06/1997
Bright Star Knots in NGC4038 Credit:
02/06/1997
M100: A Grand Design
01/06/1997
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365
19/05/1997