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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"
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
The COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Sky
29/05/1996
In the Center of 30 Doradus
24/05/1996
Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Leo I
19/05/1996
The Milky Way Near the Northern Cross
15/05/1996
The Milky Way Near the Southern Cross
03/05/1996
A Giant Globular Cluster in M31
26/04/1996
Andromeda Nebula: Var!
06/04/1996
The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies
05/04/1996
Spiral Galaxy M90
16/03/1996
Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
21/02/1996
7,000 Stars And The Milky Way
13/02/1996
COBE Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
05/02/1996
The Closest Galaxy: The Sagittarius Dwarf
04/02/1996