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Proper Names	Triangulum Galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy
Messier Number	M33
NGC/IC Number	NGC 598
Constellation	Triangulum
Right Ascension	1h 33m 51s
Declination	+30° 39' 36"
Distance	c.2,870,000 light years c.880,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +5.7 Absolute: -19.0
Diameter	Apparent: 68.7' Actual: 56,000 light years
Hubble Type	Sc Spiral
Optimum Visibility	October / November
Notes	Together with the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, the Triangulum Galaxy is one of the three major galaxies in the Local Group. It is sometimes called the 'Pinwheel Galaxy', not to be confused with M101 in Ursa Major, which also goes by the same name.

A spiral galaxy just within Triangulum's border with Pisces. It is a member of Local Group of galaxies, together with our own Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, near which it lies in the sky.

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The Triangulum Galaxy lies close to Mothallah, the 'point' of the Triangle, near the place where Triangulum converges with the constellations Andromeda and Pisces.

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