1-What is the closest Galaxy to our ? and how far ?
2-Are all stars discovered yet are in our galaxy or they discovered stars in other galaxies ?
2007-10-23 08:09:38 · 8 answers · asked by black moon 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Andromeda Galaxy..and we cant see stars in other galaxies ?
2007-10-23 08:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by Peiper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nearest galaxy to our Milky
Way Galaxy is the Andromeda Galaxy which is
about 4 1/2 Light Years away from ours.
Almost all of the stars that you see on a clear night without
assistance from binoculars or a telescope are within our
Milky Way Galaxy. Yes, astronomers have identified and named (cataloged) many stars that are NOT inside our galaxy, and there are millions and millions and millions of them.
2007-10-23 20:33:00 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nearest full fledged galaxy is known as M31 or The Andromeda Galaxy, at about 2 million light years away. There are other small dwarf galaxies that are nearer to us like the Megallanic clouds.
Generally speaking we cannot see individual stars in other galaxies. Supernovae do come through fairly well however, but they are shortlived and relatively uncommon on human time scales.
2007-10-23 15:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"For a long time, the Large Magellanic Cloud, an irregular type satellite galaxy of our own, was held to be the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. It is 179,000 light-years away.
But in 1994 the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy was discovered at 80,000 light-years. It now holds the honor. "
The Hubble Space Telescope can resolve images of individual stars in other galaxies. We can't see all of the stars in our own galaxy because a large number of them are obscured by nebulae and space dust. (My own answer to your second question)
2007-10-23 15:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by SallyJM 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our own galaxy, the Milky Way has 400 billion stars. About 6,000 of them you can see with your naked eye.
Very, very far away, you will find other galaxies, each with billions of stars. With the use of very powerful telescopes we are able to see the brightest stars in the closest galaxies. But usually they are only able to distinguish the galaxy and not the individual stars.
2007-10-23 15:28:01 · answer #5 · answered by jorge f 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Milky Way is full of "star streams" that are the remnants of galaxies that have been swallowed up by the Milky way.
Individual stars that are particularly bright can be seen in other galaxies with big telescopes.
2007-10-23 16:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nearest 'real' Galaxy to us is the Andromeda Galaxy at about 2 million light years (IIRC). There are a few other tiny 'clusters' of stars that might be loosly called 'Galaxies', but they contain only a few hundred thousand stars, unlike the Milky Way or Andromeda which contain millions of stars.
Doug
2007-10-23 15:18:54 · answer #7 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Magellanic Clouds are galaxies. The larger one holds somewhere between 10 and 40 billion stars, the smaller about 4 billion. Hardly "tiny clusters".
2007-10-23 17:24:16 · answer #8 · answered by Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋