2007-11-01 09:13:29 · 4 answers · asked by black moon 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes of course we can
2007-11-01 10:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by Peiper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, yes. We have been able to see stars in the Andromeda galaxy since the 1890's when telescopes over 5 feet across began to be accurately made. In the 1920's, with the Mt wilson 100 inch telescope, we could see idividual stars in many galaxies and a specific kind of star, a Cephied variable allowed us to measure distance to the galaxies.
2007-11-01 16:23:50 · answer #2 · answered by Owl Eye 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. We can see individual supernovae and Wolf-Rayet stars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf-Rayet_star
And we can identify Cepheids which is important for the local universal scale estimate:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:OYlzjLQjnyQJ:www.seds.org/messier/more/m031_cep.html+cepheid+andromeda&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
2007-11-01 16:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
heres a picture of stars within a galaxy
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photos/070529/galaxy_466.jpg
2007-11-01 16:16:45 · answer #4 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋