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Spiral galaxy M33 in Triangulum

author: R.Gendler/Novapix

reference: a-gax05-98003

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 17 cm

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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ASTRONOMY - GALAXY - LOCAL GROUP - M33 - NEBULA - NGC 598 - NGC 604 - Sc - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - STAR FORMATION - TRIANGULUM -