Triangulum

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Abbreviation:  Tri
English Name:  The Triangle
Genitive: Ras al Muthallath
Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere
Location: Between the constellations of Aries and Andromeda.
Visible between latitudes:  +90 and -50 degrees
Best season: Autumn/Winter
Seen in three seasons: Autumn, Winter and Spring
Best seen in:  Late October / Early December
Seen between: October and December
Right Ascension (RA): 02 hour
Declination (DEC): +30 degrees
Area (square degrees): 132 (78th)

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Triangulum (The Triangle)

  • Small, but easily found constellation between Andromeda and Aries.
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  • The famous galaxy – `The Triangulum Galaxy` at magnitude +5.8, it is bright enough to be seen by the naked eye under the darkest skies, but under light-polluted skies, it is challenging or invisible even in a small telescope or binoculars.

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Messier Objects in Triangulum

M33 – Spiral Galaxy; also known as `The Pinwheel Galaxy` or `The Triangulum Galaxy`, face-on with a low surface brightness, making it far more difficult to see than M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) in the constellation of Andromeda.
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More objects in Triangulum

Select CatalogNo of Objects
Barnard (B)0x object
Caldwell (C)0x object
Collinder (Cr)1x objects
New General Catalogue (NGC)82x objects
Index Catalogue (IC)38x objects
Sharpless (Sh2)0x object

Features of Interest

  • NGC 604 – Emission Nebula; one of the largest known seething of star birth in M33, The Pinwheel Galaxy.

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Named Stars

  • Alpha Tri (Ras al Muthallath)
  • more list of stars in Triangulum.

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Planetarium / Constellation Map

Live constellation visible
from the UK :- Planetarium (Triangulum)		Best Seen in:
Late October / Early December		Seen between:
October and December

IAU Sky Chart: Triangulum

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Constellations – Visible from the UK

AndromedaAquariusAquilaAriesAuriga
BoötesCamelopardalisCancerCanes VenaticiCanis Major
Canis MinorCapricornusCassiopeiaCepheusCetus
Coma BerenicesCorona BorealisCorvusCraterCygnus
DelphinusDracoEquuleusGeminiHercules
HydraLacertaLeoLeo MinorLepus
LibraLynxLyraMonocerosOphiuchus
OrionPegasusPerseusPiscesSagitta
ScutumSerpens CaputSerpens CaudaSextansTaurus
TriangulumUrsa MajorUrsa MinorVirgoVulpecula
(50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Parts visible from the UK

AntliaColumbaEridanusFornaxMicroscopium
Piscis AustrinusPuppisPyxisSagittariusScorpius
Sculptor
(11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK

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