Cosmic Exploration · galaxy

Triangulum (M33)

Spiral · 2.73 million ly

Vz (km/s)
215.4
Motion
Bound orbit
Morphology
Spiral
Mass
9.944999999999999e+40
Transverse velocity (km/s)
230
Type
Galaxy
Vy (km/s)
76.3
Dec (deg)
30.66018
Distance from Earth
2730000
Diameter (ly)
60000
Radial velocity (km/s)
-44
RA (deg)
23.46207
Vx (km/s)
-50.3
Subgroup
Independent
Coordinates
01h 33m 50.9s +30° 39′ 36.6″ · M 33 via Sc

Notes

The third-largest member and the smallest spiral, possibly a satellite of Andromeda on a long orbit. Under a dark sky it is at the edge of naked-eye visibility.

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From the Celestial Objects database in Notion, last edited 2026-08-25. This page is the row, rendered by the build; nothing on it is written by hand.