lucadinoi1988
M33 Galaxy
M33 Triangle Galaxy
Distance from Earth: 2,723,000 light years
The Triangulum Galaxy, also known as M33 (object number 33 in Charles Messier's catalogue) and NGC 598, is a so-called SA-type spiral galaxy about 3 million light years away from Earth and located in the constellation Triangle. In the Anglo-Saxon world M33 is also informally called Pinwheel Galaxy (in Italian literally Girandola Galaxy) in some amateur astronomy publications, but also in some official press releases of professional sites. However, both the SIMBAD astronomical database, which contains the names and formal designations of various astronomical objects, and several other amateur astronomy sites refer to the M101 galaxy as the "Pinwheel Galaxy".
M33 Galaxy
M33 Triangle Galaxy
Distance from Earth: 2,723,000 light years
The Triangulum Galaxy, also known as M33 (object number 33 in Charles Messier's catalogue) and NGC 598, is a so-called SA-type spiral galaxy about 3 million light years away from Earth and located in the constellation Triangle. In the Anglo-Saxon world M33 is also informally called Pinwheel Galaxy (in Italian literally Girandola Galaxy) in some amateur astronomy publications, but also in some official press releases of professional sites. However, both the SIMBAD astronomical database, which contains the names and formal designations of various astronomical objects, and several other amateur astronomy sites refer to the M101 galaxy as the "Pinwheel Galaxy".