The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 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.

Distance to Earth: 2.723 million light years

Radius: 30,000 light years

Stars: 40 billion

Coordinates: RA 1h 33m 50s | Dec +30° 39′ 37″

Apparent size (V): 70.8 × 41.7 moa

Did you know: It is a spiral galaxy with a weak or maybe no central bar and has loosely wound arms that emanate from the galactic core.