Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  M 33  ·  NGC 598  ·  NGC 604  ·  Triangulum Galaxy  ·  Triangulum Pinwheel
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The Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33) is a 5.7 visual magnitude spiral galaxy located 2.7 million light-years from Earth.  It is the third largest member galaxy in the Local Group, estimated at 61,000 light-years in diameter well behind the larger Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies.

This image was captured with an 80mm APO, using ASI 2600 MM/MC cameras.

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