Spiral galaxy M33 in Triangulum

by: R.Gendler/Novapix
Reference: a-gax05-98003
Date: 2006-09-07

Also known as M33 or NGC 598, the Triangulum Galaxy is part of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and our galaxy, the Milky Way. M33 is over thirty thousand light-years across, and more than two million light-years away.

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