Facts about Triangulum Constellation
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Gamma Trianguli, a blue giant star in Triangulum Constellation, rotates at approximately 200 kilometers per second, causing it to spin 50 times faster than our Sun.
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Beta Trianguli, the second brightest star in this constellation, is a binary star system where the primary star has a surface temperature of approximately 10,000 Kelvin.
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Located in the Northern Hemisphere, Triangulum Constellation covers approximately 131.8 square degrees of sky, ranking it as the 78th largest constellation by area.
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Alpha Trianguli, the brightest star in Triangulum Constellation, shines at magnitude 3.41 and lies approximately 64 light-years from Earth.
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Ptolemy catalogued Triangulum as one of the 48 ancient constellations around 150 CE, making it among the oldest recognized star patterns in Western astronomy.
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The Triangulum Galaxy, located within this constellation, sits approximately 2.73 million light-years away and contains roughly 40 billion stars.