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The Andromeda galaxy is about 2.5 million light years away. So traveling at the speed of light it would still take that many years for you to get there. For someone viewing from earth it would just look like you were frozen in time as you moved across space. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/night-sky-network/catch-andromeda-rising/#:~:text=At%20approximately%202.5%20million%20light,Milky%20Way's%20largest%20galactic%20neighbor. https://www.britannica.com/video/Scientists-speed-of-light/-194888#:~:text=NARRATOR:%20If%20we%20could%20experience,t%20recognize%20anything%20at%20all. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/761680/what-would-an-object-moving-at-99-99-the-speed-of-light-see-when-looking-at-a-s#:~:text=If%20the%20object%20reaches%20the,Add%20a%20comment
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