Triangulum Galaxy

English

Etymology

From Triangulum, a constellation.

Proper noun

Triangulum Galaxy

1. (astronomy) A relatively nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group, together with the Milky Way galaxy. It is at a distance of approximately 2.6 million light years from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Triangulum.

Synonyms

• M33
• NGC 598

Translations

spiral galaxy

• French: galaxie du Triangle f
• German: Dreiecksnebel (de), Triangulumnebel m
• Portuguese: Galáxia do Triângulo f
• Russian: Галактика Треугольника (Galaktika Treugolʹnika)
• Spanish: Galaxia del Triángulo f

See also

• galaxy
• Local Group