Without using a telescope, can we see stars from other galaxy’s?
Also, if we can see stars from other galaxy’s, what is the furthest galaxy away from us whose stars are visible with the naked eye.
This is all assuming that there’s no fog or artificial lights such that the night is perfect for viewing the cosmos.
Well, you can see a few other galaxies, but you can’t resolve individual stars. In one sense, you could say you’re seeing stars from other galaxies, just a whole lot of them all bunched together to look like a cloud. The farthest galaxy, and the farthest object visible to the naked eye under the best viewing conditions, is most likely the Triangulum Galaxy, 2.77 million light-years away, but only for those with exceptional eyesight to begin with.
With the Naked eye, the furthest object visible is the Andromeda Galaxy, located 2.5 million Light Years away. Some claim they can see the Triangulum Galaxy, which is 3 Million light Years away, but I never have. YOu cannot “see” individual stars in another Galaxy with the naked eye. they are simply too small in apparent size and way too dim. It is only by the collective light of BILLIONS of stars that we can see them in the first place.
And yes, you would need dark skies to see them.
Yes, and I think it’s the Andromeda galaxy (without using a telescope).
we can see other galaxies with our naked eyes, but cannot see individual stars in them.
the brightest galaxies (m31, magellanic clouds) look like glowing patches. m33 looks like a small patch of sky that isn’t as dark as the sky around it.
you can see a lot further in a telescope. i’ve seen 3c273, over 2.5 billion light years away. it just looks like a faint star.