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M33

Triangulum/Pinwheel Galaxy · NGC 598

Constellation
Triangulum
Shape
Spiral
Magnitude
5.7
Size
62′
Position
1h 34m, +30.7°
Distance
2.8 ± 0.2 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M33

Further info

NASA: Messier 33

NED: M33

SIMBAD: M33

Wikipedia: Triangulum Galaxy

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M33, NGC 598
Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Durbin, J. Dalcanton and B. F. Williams (University of Washington)