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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"
Cartwheel of Fortune Credit:
23/02/1997
The Gamma Ray Sky Credit:
22/02/1997
NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster Credit:
14/02/1997
The Gamma Ray Moon Credit:
10/02/1997
Open Cluster M50 Credit and Copyright:
28/01/1997
A Wolf-Rayet Star Blows Bubbles
03/01/1997
A Sky Full Of Hydrogen Credit:
18/12/1996
The Milky Way Through the Summer Triangle
12/12/1996
Globular Cluster M3 Credit and Copyright:
06/12/1996
Gamma Ray Bursts from the Unknown Credit:
23/11/1996
Unusual M82: The Cigar Galaxy Credit and Copyright:
18/11/1996
Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 in Coma Credit:
06/11/1996
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies Credit:
05/11/1996
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3628 Edge On Credit:
01/11/1996
Grand Design Spiral Galaxy NGC 2997
30/10/1996
The Large Cloud of Magellan (LMC) Credit:
23/10/1996
Bright Stars, Dim Galaxy
14/10/1996
The Double Nucleus of M31
11/10/1996
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
09/10/1996
ROSAT Explores the X-Ray Sky
08/10/1996
Stars in the Infrared Sky
18/09/1996
A Milestone Quasar
18/08/1996
Leo Triplet Spiral Galaxy M65
12/08/1996
The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
01/08/1996
Huck Finn's New Sky View
28/07/1996
COMPTEL Explores The Radioactive Sky
24/07/1996
Hale-Bopp, Jupiter, and the Milky Way
23/07/1996
M74: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
09/07/1996
M33: The Triangulum Galaxy
08/07/1996
Sagittarius and the Central Milky Way
05/06/1996