Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  M 33  ·  NGC 598  ·  Part of the constellation Triangulum (Tri)  ·  The star 82Psc  ·  The star 91Psc  ·  The star Mothallah (αTri)  ·  The star βTri  ·  The star εTri  ·  The star τPsc  ·  The star υPsc  ·  Triangulum galaxy
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M33 - Triangulum Galaxy, Bill
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M33 - Triangulum Galaxy

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M33 - Triangulum Galaxy

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The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. With a diameter of about 60,000 light-years, the Triangulum galaxy is the third largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy and about 44 other smaller galaxies. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye.

M33 is linked to the Andromeda Galaxy by several streams of neutral hydrogen and stars, which suggests that a past interaction between these two galaxies took place from 2 to 8 billion years ago, and a more violent encounter will occur 2.5 billion years in the future. The fate of the Triangulum Galaxy is unclear.

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