Editing Andromeda Galaxy (section)

== Amateur observation==
[[File:Moon over Andromeda (rotated).jpg|thumb|Superimposing picture showing sizes of the Moon and the Andromeda Galaxy as observed from Earth. Note that this photographic image shows much more of the galaxy's darker outer regions than an amateur observer is able to see.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plait |first1=Phil |title=Yes, That Picture of the Moon and the Andromeda Galaxy Is About Right |url=https://slate.com/technology/2014/01/moon-and-andromeda-relative-size-in-the-sky.html |website=Slate Magazine |access-date=29 July 2022 |language=en |date=1 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Andromeda and the Moon collage |url=https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-andromn/ |website=www.noirlab.edu |access-date=29 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>]]

Under most viewing conditions, the Andromeda Galaxy is one of the most distant objects that can be seen with the [[naked eye]], due to its sheer size. ([[Triangulum Galaxy|M33]] and, for observers with exceptionally good vision, [[Messier 81|M81]] can be seen under [[Bortle scale|very dark]] skies.)<ref name="StarChild"/><ref name="S&T-obs"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Garner|first=Rob|date=20 February 2019|title=Messier 33 (The Triangulum Galaxy)|url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/messier-33-the-triangulum-galaxy|access-date=6 August 2021|website=NASA}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Harrington |first=Philip S. |date=2010 |title=Cosmic Challenge: The Ultimate Observing List for Amateurs |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=28–29 |isbn=9781139493680 |quote=But can [M81's] diffuse 7.9-magnitude glow actually be glimpsed without any optical aid? The answer is yes, but with a few important qualifications. Not only must the observing site be extraordinarily dark and completely absent of any atmospheric interferences, either natural or artificial, but the observer must have exceptionally keen vision.}}</ref>
The constellation of Andromeda, in which the galaxy is located, is usually found with the aid of the constellations [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]] or [[Pegasus (constellation)|Pegasus]], which are usually easier to recognize at first glance.
Andromeda is best seen during autumn nights in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] when it passes high overhead, reaching its [[zenith|highest point]] around midnight in October, and two hours earlier each successive month. In the early evening, it rises in the east in September and sets in the west in February.<ref name=physics/>
From the [[Southern Hemisphere]] the Andromeda Galaxy is visible between October and December, best viewed from as far north as possible. [[Binoculars]] can reveal some larger structures of the galaxy and its two brightest [[Satellite galaxy|satellite galaxies]], [[Messier 32|M32]] and [[Messier 110|M110]].<ref name="S&T"/> An [[Amateur astronomy|amateur telescope]] can reveal Andromeda's disk, some of its brightest globular clusters, dark dust lanes, and the large star cloud [[NGC 206]].<ref name=Backyard/><ref name="A-Mall"/>