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Triangulum Galaxy

Galaxy · Spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum

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Triangulum Galaxy
Picture: ESO, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About the Triangulum Galaxy

The Triangulum Galaxy is about 2.74 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 2.74 million years ago.

The map lists it as a galaxy and shows it at the scale of the Milky Way and the Local Group, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

Key numbers

Distance2.74 million light-years (0.84 Mpc)
Distance methodLVDB (RR Lyrae, TRGB or other)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 328.5°, SGB -0.1°
Absolute magnitude (V)-19.0
Stellar mass6.61 × 10⁹ suns

Data: Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025).

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Local Group, a view about 10 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.878 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Triangulum Galaxy, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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