How far can the human eye see?

When I look out into the night sky and I espy the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is at a distance of 152,000 light years, or 893 551 056 723 922 432 miles, am I actually looking that far or does the light only become visible from a certain distance?
Understanding that the light is constantly moving towards me, where is the Human Optical limit?
All the stars we see are located within the Milky Way.
The only objects we can observe unaided outside the Milky Way are the two Magellanic Clouds, The Andromeda Galaxy and in optimal conditions the Triangulum Galaxy M33

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Gumba1000 · M

I'd like to know the answer too

Gusman · 61-69, M

@Gumba1000 I do not think there is a definitive answer.
I have asked this question multiple times over the years.
Never received an answer I can understand.
If light is travelling from 100 million billion miles away, there must be a point in the travel when my eye detects it.
I wonder what that point is.

Gumba1000 · M

@Gusman Would eagles be able to see further still? 🤔

Gusman · 61-69, M

@Gumba1000 More perplexity to my question. 😄

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@Gusman When it hits your eye. You don't see light coming up to you, you perceive it when it hits your optic nerve.