Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  HD9269  ·  HD9483  ·  HD9686  ·  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  ·  Triangulum Pinwheel
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M33, Triangulum Galaxy, Márcio Spínola
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M33, Triangulum Galaxy

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M33, Triangulum Galaxy

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M33 located in Triangulum constellation is a beautiful spiral Galaxy, member of the Local Group cluster of galaxies in which Milky Way, Barnards' Galaxy and Andromeda Galaxy is located. It is about 2.73 million light years away with 61,100 light-years diameter and is believed to be another satellite galaxy of Andromeda due to its proximity (750,000 light years) being bounded gravitationally. It may me home to 40 billion of stars. Here it is registered in Hb Ha OIII combine filter. Some interesting star formation regions can be roughly seem in red Halpha emissions.

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M33, Triangulum Galaxy, Márcio Spínola