Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  IC 131  ·  IC 132  ·  IC 133  ·  IC 135  ·  IC 136  ·  IC 137  ·  IC 142  ·  IC 143  ·  M 33  ·  NGC 588  ·  NGC 592  ·  NGC 595  ·  NGC 598  ·  NGC 604  ·  Triangulum galaxy
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M33 Triangulum Galaxy, Valerio Avitabile
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M33 Triangulum Galaxy

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M33 Triangulum Galaxy

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Triangulum galaxy, M33, belonging to the local group in the homonymous constellation, about 3 million light-years from the Earth. It's smaller than our Milky Way and nearby Andromeda it is one of the favorite objects of amateurs. Its weak spiral arms have the particularity of being not very compact in fact, they are defined as flake spirals

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M33 Triangulum Galaxy, Valerio Avitabile