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Pinwheel galaxy
(M 33, NGC 598, Triangulum galaxy)
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Pinwheel galaxyhas Messier number 332001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has distance 800 kpc from Milky Way galaxy2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has synonym M 332001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has synonym NGC 5982001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has synonym Triangulum galaxy2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has discovery date 16542001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has discoverer Hodierna2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
is a part of Triangulum2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
is a part of Local Group2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has image has URL: http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m033.html, 2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has definition The third largest member of the Local Group, after Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way. It is a spiral galaxy that lies 2.6 million light-years away.has source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has definition A spiral galaxy that lies 2.6 million light-years away and is the third largest member of the Local Group, after Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way.has source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
has definition A Sc II-III spiral galaxy, a satellite of the Andromeda galaxy, about 700 kpc distant. Mv = - 18.9.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
is an instance of Sc spiralhas URL: http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=M+33&extend=yes&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES, 2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
is an instance of Messier object2001-09-27 09:31:22.0
Messier objecthas apparent dimension2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has apparent magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has catalog Messier catalog2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has purpose originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
spiral galaxyhas classification criterion Subdivided according to the openness of the spiral arms as Sa spiral, Sb spiral or Sc spiral.2001-09-27 09:31:15.0
has mass 1010 to 1012 Msun2001-09-27 09:31:15.0
galaxyhas number of stars 106 to 10122001-09-27 09:31:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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