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What date was Andromeda discovered?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Whether you're talking about Andromeda the constellation, or Andromeda the galaxy,

both were 'discovered' by the first hominid who had eyes to see with, and enough

brain to wonder about that particular group of stars, or that particular fuzzy patch

of light, above him at night. The date is lost in antiquity. There were very few people

who owned calendars at that time, and those who did had no walls to hang them on.

If you are at least as well equipped as that early hominid, then you can discover both

the constellation and the galaxy for yourself, at some time of night or other during

at least 3/4 of the year. In order to see the galaxy, you'll need a place where the sky

is roughly as dark as it was for those early hominids, before civilization came along

and polluted it.

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12y ago

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