About Triangulum Galaxy (M33)

Triangulum Galaxy is a rewarding deep-sky target and shows up as a faint patch of light. It is relatively bright.

Current visibility

It is currently below the horizon.

It stays above 30° for roughly 7 hours.

Galaxies are sensitive to light pollution, fine detail requires darker skies.

Observing tips

It can be observed without much difficulty.

What to expect

With larger apertures, more structure becomes visible.

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Triangulum

Distance

3000000 ly

Size

62.0' x 39.0'

Season

Autumn

Difficulty

Hard

Magnitude

5.7