A cikin shekara ta 964, masanin taurari dan Farisa Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi shine farkon wanda ya bayyana ga Andromeda Galaxy. Ya ambaci shi a cikin littafinsa na Fixed Stars a matsayin "nebulae smear". Taswirar taurari na wannan lokacin sun lakafta shi a matsayin Ƙananan Cloud. A shekara ta 1612, masanin astronomer na Jamus Simon Marius ya ba da bayanin farko na Andromeda Galaxy bisa ga lura da telescopic.
ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa