The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy some two million light years away, making it the most distant object seen with the naked eye.
    Several hundred billion stars make up the galaxy, which might be luminous enough to be visible to the naked eye if you are fortunate enough to live in a relatively dark area.

The galaxy is found just west of nu Andromedae and you should have easily found it by following the instructions found at Mirach.

The Andromeda Galaxy is best seen either with binoculars or with a low magnification telescope, when its full dimension of over four degrees can be seen. Even if you won't see the magnificent details that can only be discerned by means of astrophotography, it's a marvellous site in large binoculars (at least 80mm) which bring out the dust lanes.

The galaxy contains 300 billion stars, and at 2.2 million light years away it's the most distant object in the skies visible to the naked eye.

After successfully locating M31 you may want to study the area more attentively with a medium-sized telescope, in order to see M32 and M110, both close by. In fact M32 is found inside M31, appearing as a hazy star-like object on the edge of M31.