Are all of the stars we see in our galaxy? Are the nebulae we see also in the milky way?

Answer 1

All the stars and nebulae that we can see distinctly with the naked eye are within our galaxy. However, we can see other galaxies, such as the Andromeda galaxy...we cannot, however, make out their stars without the use of a telescope. With a telescope, however, we can see many stars, nebulae, galaxies, etc outside our own.

Answer 2

All naked eye stars are in our galaxy. It takes a very large telescope to make out individual stars in other galaxies, and even the biggest telescopes can only make out some of the brightest individual stars in nearby galaxies. The same applies to nebulae.

Answer 3

not all stars we see are in our galaxy, all the nebules are in the milky way, and if we are looking at an actual star then yes its in our galaxy, however sometimes what we may think is a star is actually another galaxy. so not everything we see in the night sky is in our galaxy, it could be another galaxy all together. But most of the time it is in our galaxy

Answer 4

The stars are all in our galaxy, in fact, most naked eye stars are within 1000 light years or so.

I believe the tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud is visible to the naked eye, however.