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Triangulum galaxy (M33)
  کهکشان ِ سه‌بر   
kahkešân-e sebar (#)

Fr.: galaxie du Triangle   

One of the prominent members of the → Local Group situated in the constellation → Triangulum. Also know as NGC 598. M33 is a type Sc → spiral galaxy seen nearly → face-on. It lies 2.8 million → light-years away and its diameter is 52,000 light-years. M33 is thought to be a satellite of the → Andromeda Galaxy.

→ Triangulum; → galaxy.