Image: Our flocculent neighbour, the spiral galaxy M33
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 08:00
in Astronomy & Space
The spiral galaxy M33, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy, is one of our closest cosmic neighbours, just three million light-years away. Home to some forty billion stars, it is the third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and our own Milky Way.