Andromeda ndeimwe yemapoka enyeredzi makumi mana nemasere akanyorwa nemuzana ramakore rechipiri wechiGreek-Roman nyanzvi yezvemuchadenga Ptolemy uye inoramba iri imwe yemapoka enyeredzi makumi masere nemasere emazuva ano. Inowanikwa kuchamhembe kweiyo equator yekudenga, yakatumidzwa zita raAndromeda, mwanasikana waCassiopeia, mungano yechiGiriki, uyo akasungwa padombo kuti adyiwe nechikara chegungwa Cetus. Andromeda inonyanya kuoneka panguva yemanheru echirimo muNorth Hemisphere, pamwe nemamwe mapoka enyeredzi mazhinji akatumidzwa mazita evatambi munhoroondo yaPerseus. Nekuda kwekudzikira kwayo kuchamhembe, Andromeda inongoonekwa kuchamhembe kwe40 ° yekumaodzanyemba latitude; kune vanoona vari kure kumaodzanyemba, iri pasi pe horizon. Icho chimwe chezviratidzo zvikuru, ine nharaunda ye722 square degrees. Iyi inopfuura 1,400 nguva kukura kwemwedzi, 55% kukura kweiyo nyeredzi yeHydromeda, uye yaive diki pane iyo yePerseus
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