M33 is the 3rd largest member of the local group, which includes our Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. Tips for photographing this massive Sprial Galaxy.

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The Andromeda galaxy is the closest big galaxy to our Milky Way. At 2.5 million light-years, it's the most distant thing you can see with the eye alone.

This image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, is a perennial favorite of amateur and professional astronomers alike, due to its orientation and relative proximity to us.

M-33 Triangulum Galaxy in SHO-LRGB by Teagan Grable Full res 2800x2800

The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. The Triangulum Galaxy was probably discovered by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654. Additionally, the Galaxy was independently discovered by Charles Messier on the night of August 25-25…

M33 is the 3rd largest member of the local group, which includes our Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. Tips for photographing this massive Sprial Galaxy.

Spiral Galaxy NGC 634 - Distance 250 million light years - Triangulum Constellation (WFC 3)

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M33 is the 3rd largest member of the local group, which includes our Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. Tips for photographing this massive Sprial Galaxy.

The Triangulum galaxy, aka Messier 33, has the distinction of being the farthest object you can see with the unaided eye. But you'll need a dark site to catch a glimpse of it.

2022 November 3 M33: The Triangulum Galaxy Image Credit & Copyright: Processing - Robert Gendler Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, KPNO, NOIRLab, NSF, Aura, Amateur Sources Explanation: The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, M33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own…

A well-studied hotbed of star formation is revealed in new detail by two of the telescope’s instruments, including MIRI, which was managed through launch by JPL.