The Triangle
Triangulum
Genitive: Trianguli · abbreviation Tri
Best evening month
December
Visible from
56°S to 90°N
Centre RA
1h 48m 00s
Centre Dec
+34° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
A simple triangle sometimes likened to the Nile delta or the island of Sicily. Hosts the Triangulum Galaxy (M33).
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD
Brightest stars
- mag 3.00
Mizan
β Trianguli · HIP 10064
- mag 3.42
Mothallah
α Trianguli · HIP 8796
- mag 4.03
γ Trianguli
HIP 10670
- mag 4.84
δ Trianguli
HIP 10644
- mag 4.94
6 Trianguli
HIP 10280
