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  Type SA(s)cd{{cite web
  Title NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  Work Results for NGC 598
  Url http://nedwwwipaccaltechedu/


  Epoch J2000
  Dist Ly 292 ± 013 Mly (895 ± 40 Kpc ){{cite journal
  Author I D Karachentsev, V E Karachentseva, W K Hutchmeier, D I Makarov
  Title A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies
  Journal Astronomical Journal
  Year 2004
  Volume 127
  Pages 2031-2068


  Author Karachentsev, I D Kashibadze, O G
  Title Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field
  Journal Astrophysics
  Year 2006
  Volume 49
  Issue 1
  Pages 3-18


  Author Bonanos, A Z Stanek, K Z Kudritzki, R P Macri, L Sasselov, D D Kaluzny, J Bersier, D Bresolin, F Matheson, T Mochejska, B J Przybilla, N Szentgyorgyi, A H Tonry, J Torres, G
  Year 2006
  Title The First DIRECT Distance to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33
  Journal Astrophysics and Space Science
  Volume Online First


  Appmag V 63
  Z -179 ± 3 Km / S
  Size V 70&prime8 &times 41&prime7
  Constellation Name Triangulum
  Notes NGC 604
  Names Messier 33, NGC 598,<br/> UGC 1117, PGC 5818,<br/>Triangulum Pinwheel,{{cite web
  Title SIMBAD astronomical database
  Work Results for M33
  Url http://simbadu-strasbgfr/simbad/





The Triangulum Galaxy (also known as ''' Messier 33''' or ''' NGC 598''') is a Spiral Galaxy approximately 3 million light-years away in the Constellation Triangulum . The galaxy is also sometimes informally referred to as the '''Pinwheel Galaxy''' by some amateur astronomy references
  Last1 Ho
  First1 Luis C
  Last2 Filippenko
  First2 Alexei V
  Last3 Sargent
  First3 Wallace L W
  Title A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei III Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies
  Year 1997
  Date October 1997
  Periodical Astrophysical Journal Supplement
  Volume 112
  Pages 315-390
  URL http://adsabsharvardedu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_querybibcode=1997ApJS112315H