Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  M 33  ·  NGC 598  ·  Triangulum galaxy
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Triangulum Galaxy (M33), Phil Montgomery
Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
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Triangulum Galaxy (M33)

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Triangulum Galaxy (M33), Phil Montgomery
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Triangulum Galaxy (M33)

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First draft. Triangulum galaxy (Messier 33), a face-on pinwheel of many suns and the second-nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way. It's about about 2.7 million light-years away with a diameter about half that of our Milky Way. But it’s turned face on to us and thus appears to have a low surface brightness.

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Triangulum Galaxy (M33), Phil Montgomery