{
  "id": 12598293,
  "title": "Find the Andromeda Galaxy using Cassiopeia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/find-the-andromeda-galaxy-using-cassiopeia",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T10:01:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EarthSky",
    "slug": "earthsky",
    "url": "https://earthsky.org/tonight/cassiopeia-the-queen-also-points-to-andromeda-galaxy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "To locate the Andromeda Galaxy, known as M31, use the Cassiopeia constellation as a guide. First, ensure you're in an area with a dark sky, free from light pollution. Next, seek out the M or W-shaped Cassiopeia constellation, also known as the Queen in stargazing terms. A key star within Cassiopeia is Schedar, the brightest in the constellation, which serves as a point of reference.\n\nChart your course from Cassiopeia by looking northward. Once you've identified Cassiopeia, focus on its most prominent star, Schedar. This star is crucial as it points directly towards the Andromeda Galaxy. According to EarthSky, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way, wider and containing a significantly larger number of stars than our galaxy. It's also the farthest object visible to the naked eye, located approximately 2.5 million light-years away.\n\nDuring northern autumn, Cassiopeia can be seen above the northeastern horizon at nightfall and early evening, rising higher in the sky as the evening progresses into late night. In the early hours before dawn, Cassiopeia is positioned above the northwestern horizon. The W or M shape of Cassiopeia acts as a navigational aid, with one half of the W being more deeply notched than the other, which serves as your directional arrow towards the Andromeda Galaxy.",
  "summary": "Leave the city behind this weekend, and go galaxy-hunting! Cassiopeia - one of the easiest constellations to identify - points the way to the Andromeda Galaxy. The post Find the Andromeda Galaxy using Cassiopeia first appeared on EarthSky .",
  "key_points": [
    "Use Cassiopeia constellation to find Andromeda Galaxy",
    "Schedar, brightest star in Cassiopeia, guides the way",
    "Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light-years away"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}