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January 13, 2019

Hubble Captures Images Of Milky Way's Nearest Neighbor

Triangulum Galaxy Is 'Only' Three Million Light Years From Earth

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image yet of a close neighbor of the Milky Way – the Triangulum Galaxy, a spiral galaxy located at a distance of only three million light-years away. This panoramic survey of the third-largest galaxy in our Local Group of galaxies provides a mesmerizing view of the 40 billion stars that make up one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye.

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