The Andromeda galaxy is the largest of the local galaxies, and is visible to the unaided eye. It is about 2 million light years from our own galaxy and has a beautiful spiral structure. The Andromeda galaxy is also known as M31. The Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way galaxy will eventually collide.
The large spiral galaxy located some 700,000 parsecs from the sun; the most distant object visible to the unaided eye.
a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda that is visible to the naked eye
A nearby spiral galaxy; the nearest galaxy that is similar in size and shape to our own Milky Way galaxy. Andromeda (Spiral galaxy)
The closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way that is visible in the northern hemisphere, and the most distant object that can be seen with the unaided eye. The Andromeda Galaxy is 2 million light-years away and is located in the constellation Andromeda, the Chained Maiden.
The Andromeda Galaxy (IPA: , also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224; older texts often called it the Andromeda Nebula) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.