Triangulum Galaxy

Galaxy

The third-largest galaxy in the Local Group, a spiral galaxy visible to the naked eye under dark skies.

Facts

TypeGalaxy
Galaxy typeSpiral
Distance from Earth2,730,000 ly
Diameter568,000,000,000,000,000 km
Mass9.95 × 10^40 kg
Apparent magnitude5.72
Redshift-0.000607
HemisphereNorthern
Discovered1764

Triangulum Galaxy in context

At 568,000,000,000,000,000 km across, Triangulum Galaxy is 44,576,989,483,598 times the diameter of Earth.

Its mass is 50,025,138,260 times the mass of the Sun.

The light reaching us from Triangulum Galaxy tonight left it around 2,730,000 years ago.

It has been on record since 1764.

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