Simply go to Mirach (Beta Andromedae), the center star of the main stream that comes off the northeast corner of the Great Square of Pegasus, then go northwest two stars -- the top one is Nu; M 31 lies just to the northwest of it.
It lies in the east central part (01:36:47.8+41:24:19.65, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Andromeda, the Chained Maiden -- northeast of Mirach (Beta Andromedae), southwest of Almach (Gamma Andromedae), ...
One of the lady's legs is formed by stars beta Andromedae, upsilon Andromedae, and gamma Andromedae: gamma Andromedae is of second magnitude and represents the lady's foot.
The girl's waist is marked by the star Beta Andromedae, also called Mirach, a name corrupted from the Arabic al-mi'zar meaning ‘the girdle' or ‘loin cloth'.
10, [4], beta Andromedae or Mirach, is the second brightest star in the Andromeda constellation. It is a red giant 200 light-years distant from the Earth.
Mirach Beta Andromedae
Miram Eta Persei
Mirfak Alpha Persei
Mirzam Beta Canis Majoris
Misam Kappa Persei
Mizar Zeta Ursae Majoris
Mothallah Alpha Trianguli
Muliphein Gamma Centauri, Gamma Canis Majoris
Muphrid (or Mufrid) Eta Bootis ...
bright star or that are close to other bright deep sky objects, and preferably within the same field of view. Two examples are NGC 6207, a small galaxy just north of M13, and NGC 404, another small galaxy in the same field of view as Beta Andromedae.
 See also: Andromeda, Star, Mirach, Light, Galaxy
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