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Constellation
Triangulum
The triangle — a small, simple, ancient figure, which Greeks compared to the Nile delta and to Sicily. It holds our second-nearest big galaxy.
- Genitive
- Trianguli
- Area
- 132 square degrees · 78th of 88
- Brightest star
- · magnitude 3.00
- Naked-eye stars
- 25 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- mid October
Look for
The Triangulum Galaxy, 2.7 million light-years away, is one of the most distant things you can see with the naked eye — from a very dark site, with averted vision.