Are all the stars we can see in the night sky in our own Galaxy?

Question

(The Milky Way)

Answer 1

The mad scientist is right; some of the objects you can see with the naked eye are other galaxies, not stars. The only way you'd see a star in another galaxy without a telescope is one flaring up as a supernova. Some of the closest galaxies, those in our Local Group like the Magellanic Clouds and Andromeda look like fuzzy patches, but all the more distant galaxies look like stars without a telescope.

Answer 2

With the naked eye, almost all the stars you can see are in the Milky Way Galaxy. Several nearby galaxies appear only as faint blobs in the night sky, and a some are visable only from one
hemisphere or the other of the Earth. The distortion of the Earth's atmosphere and the huge distances involved prevent the identification of individual stars in those galaxies with the naked eye, and even with small binocs or telescopes. Better definition and clarity is achieved with the huge telescopes of mountain top observatories, and the Hubble Space Telescope.

Answer 3

Yes they are. About the only thing outside the Milky Way we can see are the Magellanic Clouds--small galaxies near our own. They are visible in the SouthernHemisphere (although you can't see individual stars--just a diffuese glowing patch.

Answer 4

As far as just the stars are concerned, yes (as others have said, there are a few galaxies that you can see with the naked eye, which are obviously outside our own galaxy).

In fact, the stars that you can see with the naked eye are all pretty close to our solar system, relative to the size of the galaxy!

Answer 5

Yes, all the stars you can see with the naked eye are in our galaxy, and quite close. 3, maybe 4 other galaxies are visible as faint fuzzy patches, but no galaxy looks like a star to the naked eye.

Answer 6

Depends what you mean by "see".

With the naked eye? Yes, if by "see" you mean "be able to distinguish a single star from another". The naked eye can sometimes see another galaxy, but cannot discern individual stars.

With a telescope? Pretty much also yes, unless we're talking the space-based uber telescope. Same reason.

So, yes, you can see stars in other galaxies, but not individually.

Answer 7

Generally yes. I do not believe we have the ability to view individual stars in other galaxies, though we are able to see the light of supernovae in them as well as globular clusters of stars.

When it comes to the naked eye though, the stars we see are all within our own galaxy (and most within 2000 light years).

Answer 8

Largely, yes. But it's also possible to see Andromeda, the nearest galazy to us - but you see the galaxy as a whole, not the individual stars.

Answer 9

yes but you can see some other galaxies as well

Answer 10

Yes.