Deep-sky object
Triangulum Galaxy
Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy somewhere between 2 380 000 and 3 070 000 light-years away, in Triangulum, about 49 000 light-years across.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Type
- Spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Triangulum
- Distance
- 2 380 000 to 3 070 000 light-years
- Size
- about 49 000 light-years across
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 5.8
- Catalogue
- M33, NGC 598
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn from published dimensions for the Triangulum Galaxy, as a model of its measured shape · tilted 56° as measured, with NGC 604 where it is; its arms and stars are ours. Not yet reviewed by an astronomer.