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Astronomers have published a fascinating photo of the galaxy “Pinwheel”

Астрономы опубликовали завораживающее фото галактики "Вертушка"Galaxy M33 has been removed from our galaxy 3 million light years.

In the small constellation of Triangle is this wonderful spiral galaxy M33.

She is often called “spinner” or just the galaxy in the Triangle.

The diameter of M33 is 50,000 light years in diameter, it is the third largest in the Local group of galaxies after the Andromeda galaxy (M31) and our own milky Way. M33 removed from our galaxy 3 million light years.

This picture shows blue star clusters and pink star forming region. The brightest area is NGC 604 with a cavity inside. It can be seen above and to the right of the center of the galaxy.

This spiral galaxy is a kind of “ruler” to measure distances in the Universe

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