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M31, more famously known as the Andromeda Galaxy, stands as a celestial marvel and a beacon of cosmic grandeur in the night sky. Located a staggering 2.537 million light-years away from Earth, it is the closest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way and the largest member of the Local Group of galaxies. With its immense size and striking spiral arms adorned with countless stars, dust lanes, and nebulae, M31 offers a breathtaking sight even to the naked eye under dark skies. Its estimated trillion stars, along with numerous star clusters and nebulae, weave a tapestry of stellar brilliance spanning over 220,000 light-years in diameter. Over its vast cosmic journey, Andromeda has gravitationally interacted with its smaller companions, shaping its structure and triggering intense star formation in its outer regions. As Andromeda drifts closer to the Milky Way, scientists anticipate a cosmic collision billions of years in the future, a spectacle that will reshape both galaxies and illuminate th...

On a starry, starry night, back in 1973, a young Bruce Feagle stepped onto his family farm in High Springs, Florida in Alachua County, and saw the Milky Way for the very first time. It blew his 9-year-old mind and started a lifelong study of astronomy and of course, fast-moving vehicles. He’s obsessed with speed. At the time, he wasn’t sure where this newly found passion would lead him, but he never forgot about that day when he looked into the night sky and saw the beginning and end of everything and how we are all connected to stardust. It was not until 1985, when Bruce was 21 years old that he looked through his first telescope while living with his bandmates in the California desert. He was sporting a badass mullet at the time,...