2005, Kenneth D. Boa, Robert M. Bowman Jr., 20 Compelling Evidences that God Exists: Discover Why Believing in God Makes So Much Sense, 2nd edition (religion), Colorado Springs, CO: David C Cook, page n.n.:
The nearest star to us besides our own sun, Proxima Centauri, is about 24 trillion miles away. The nearest galaxy outside of our own, Andromeda, is some 18 million trillion miles away. It takes about four years for light to reach us from Proxima Centauri and over two million years for light to reach us from Andromeda.
2006, Donald I. Craig, Jr., The Andromeda Galaxy A Guide to the Universe (astronomy), Lulu Press, page 24:
The Local Group of galaxies is relatively small in comparison to other groups; Andromeda is the largest, by size, in the Local Group. The Milky Way is the largest by mass.
2008, Roger Reid, Space (mystery and detective), Montgomery, AL: Junebug Books, page 41:
Andromeda is a large, spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. It's between two and three million light years away. On a clear night in a dark place, you can see Andromeda with the naked eye.
2010, Kristi Lew, The Dwarf Planet Pluto (Space!) (astronomy), Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, page 6:
The Milky Way's next door neighbor is a galaxy called Andromeda. Even though Andromeda is the closest galaxy to ours, it is still more than 2 million light-years away.
2011, John W. Newton, A Pen Named Man: Our Purpose (religion), Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, page 38:
Two of the larger members of the Local Group are the Milky Way and the galaxy of Andromeda. Andromeda is a bi-armed, regular spiral with nearly twice the number of stars as the Milky Way.
2015, Jo Walton, The Just City (fantasy), New York: Tom Doherty Associates, page 95:
That first night they showed us all the spectacular things—the moons of Jupiter and the extra sisters in the Pleiades and the great galaxy of Andromeda.
