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Triangulum

Triangulum

1 9.9
A small group of stars in the northern sky between Andromeda and Aries
  • proper noun
  • /traɪˈæŋɡələm/
translation icon : Triángulo
  • The newest discovery is designated as the Triangulum Stream.
  • galaxy in Triangulum

Examples

  • The three main stars of Triangulum are faint, but they are visible to those standing under dark skies.

  • Triangulum was found by searching a region recently surveyed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), an international collaboration that is mapping the sky through wide-field photometry.

    Blog text (20)

  • M33, a spiral galaxy in Triangulum, as captured by the author.

    Academic text (2000)

  • One response to "The Triangulum Stream, Remnant of a Star Cluster Being Ingested by the Milky Way"

    Blog text (20)

  • The Triangulum Stream, Remnant of a Star Cluster Being Ingested by the Milky Way

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  • The highlight of Tuttle's apparition comes on the evening of December 30, when it passes less than 1 from the Pinwheel Galaxy (M33) in Triangulum.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a team of scientists has discovered a band of stars named the Triangulum stream in the southern Galactic sky that is believed to be the remnant of an ancient star cluster slowly being ingested by the Milky Way.

    Blog text (20)

  • Racine and their collaborators have made detailed studies of the structure of the central regions of galaxies, in the course of which they have shown that the core of M33 (a Local Group galaxy seen in the constellation of Triangulum) does not contain a massive black hole.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Pinwheel Galaxy (M33) in Triangulum provide hours of enjoyment for galaxy aficionados.

    Academic text (2006)

  • November nights bring the famous Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum into prime viewing position.

Synonyms

Triangle
vsTriangulum
49 8.3

A small group of stars that form a shape in the northern sky between Andromeda and Aries

is an alternate name for the same constellation differing only in form

Compounds

Lampropeltis triangulum
  • Specialized
9.9

A snake from North and Central America that is not venomous and has bright bands like coral snakes

Triangulum Australe
9.9

A small bright group of stars in the southern sky that forms a triangle

Surface Forms

Triangulum main

Etymology

The word Triangulum comes from Latin and originally means 'little triangle', with tri- meaning 'three' and the same idea as the English word triangle. So the constellation is named for its three main stars that form a small triangle in the northern sky.