Nearby Spiral M33
			
		
		
		
			Spiral galaxy M33 is a mid-sized member of our 
Local Group of Galaxies. 
M33 is also called the 
Triangulum Galaxy for the 
constellation in which it resides. 
About four times smaller (in radius) than our 
Milky Way Galaxy
and the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), 
it is much larger than the many of the local 
dwarf spheroidal galaxies. 
M33's proximity to 
M31 causes it to be 
thought by some to be a satellite galaxy 
of this more massive galaxy. 
M33's proximity to our 
Milky Way Galaxy 
causes it to appear more than twice the angular size of the 
Full Moon, and be
visible with a good pair of binoculars.
The 
above high-resolution image from the 
0.90-m telescope 
at Kitt Peak National Observatory is a four-color composite.