I know the Hubble can see planets in the Milky Way galaxy..but is it able to see individual stars in the other nearby galaxies?
2007-10-09 11:41:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Some very large stars can be seen individually in very nearby galaxies. The 100 inch telescope on Mount Wilson was the first to resolve stars in the Andromeda galaxy I think.
Even the Hubble Space Telescope, which by the way is only a 95 inch telescope, cannot see planets outside our own solar system.
And another by the way, it was Edwin Hubble himself who was using the 100 inch telescope to observe those stars.
2007-10-09 11:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Some large bright stars can be resolved in nearby galaxies in photographic images made with large professional telescopes. No stars can be resolved in amateur telescopes. The Hubble cannot resolve planets in other star systems.
2007-10-09 18:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, other galaxies are too remote to see individual stars.
2007-10-09 18:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
no
they are way too far away to see
we aren't even in the middle of our galaxy but we are still too far away
i don't think that anyone (on this world) has ever even seen the edge of the galaxy with a telescope
2007-10-09 18:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by I <3 the Joker 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
yes
2007-10-09 18:43:51 · answer #5 · answered by Gaga <3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋