Andromeda Island Universe
![M31_hallas800 M31_hallas800](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F37d53998-0f6e-403d-a5f0-0c5b418d331d_470x320.jpeg)
The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy some two and a half million light-years away. (APOD: 2008 January 24)
I am always stunned by the beauty of the universe and how incomprehensibly vast. It is like staring into the eye of God.