M33

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
Messier object
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Triangulum_Galaxy
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 5.72
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkb:Messier_Catalogue
gptkb:NGC_Catalogue
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:NGC_598
gptkbp:contains gptkb:H_II_regions
gptkb:NGC_604
supernova remnants
globular clusters
open clusters
star-forming regions
planetary nebulae
gptkbp:declination +30° 39′ 36″
gptkbp:diameter ~60,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Giovanni_Battista_Hodierna
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1654
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 2.73 million light-years
gptkbp:hasNo black hole
active galactic nucleus
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
gptkbp:heldBy low metallicity
face-on galaxy
high star formation rate
no central bulge
third-brightest galaxy in Local Group
unbarred spiral galaxy
well-defined spiral arms
one of the most distant objects visible to naked eye
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M33
gptkbp:HubbleType SA(s)cd
gptkbp:isGravitationallyBoundTo gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:isThirdLargestIn gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation Triangulum
gptkbp:luminosity 14.0 mag/arcmin²
gptkbp:mass ~50 billion solar masses
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:nearestHigherNeighbor gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Spitzer_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Messier_Catalogue
gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:redshift -0.000597
gptkbp:rightAscension 01h 33m 50.9s
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:dermatomyositis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5