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Spiral Arms
Regions of stars and interstellar matter that extend from the center of spiral galaxies, forming a spiral pattern; in the Milky Way, these include the Orion Arm where our Solar System resides.
Source: esa.int
APODs including "Spiral Arms"
Messier 106
09/04/2021
NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble
02/04/2021
The Leo Trio
20/03/2021
Messier 81
12/03/2021
Spiral Galaxy M66 from Hubble
24/02/2021
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1350
12/02/2021
Messier 66 Close Up
28/01/2021
Massive Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
24/01/2021
The Magnetic Field of the Whirlpool Galaxy
20/01/2021
NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
08/01/2021
Curly Spiral Galaxy M63
04/12/2020
NGC 6822: Barnard's Galaxy
28/11/2020
Supernova in NGC 2525
23/10/2020
NGC 5643: Nearby Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
05/10/2020
Moon over Andromeda
25/09/2020
Unwinding M51
21/08/2020
NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
04/08/2020
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
11/06/2020
Galaxy Wars: M81 and M82
15/05/2020
Andromeda Island Universe
30/04/2020
A Little Drop of Galaxy
27/03/2020
M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
17/03/2020
NGC 7331 Close Up
07/02/2020
M33: The Triangulum Galaxy
31/12/2019
The Magnetic Fields of Spiral Galaxy M77
16/12/2019
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
05/12/2019
Starburst Galaxy M94 from Hubble
01/12/2019
21st Century M101
06/11/2019
The Hydrogen Clouds of M33
03/10/2019
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
09/09/2019