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APOD: 2026 September 18 – Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy

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  • Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy.
  • As for the view from the Milky Way, this telescopic image shows off M33's blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions along the galaxy's loosely wound spiral arms.

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Explanation: The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this face-on spiral galaxy, Messier 33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. About 3 million light-years from the Milky Way, M33 is itself thought to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy and astronomers in these two galaxies would likely have views of each other's grand spiral star systems.

As for the view from the Milky Way, this telescopic image shows off M33's blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions along the galaxy's loosely wound spiral arms.

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