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M 33 · Galaxy · Triangulum

Triangulum Galaxy

Also known as NGC 598 · PGC 5818 · UGC 1117 · Triangulum Pinwheel

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Triangulum

Position (J2000)

1h 33m 51s · +30° 39′ 37″

Discovered

by Charles Messier, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse and Giovan Battista Hodierna in 1654

Pictures

2

Magnitude

5.79

visual

Size

62.1′ × 36.7′

Distance

~2,800,000 ly

Best months

Sep–Nov

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.