Objects outside our galaxy

Is there any object outside our galaxy that can be seen with the naked eye
from earth (in the northern hemisphere)?

"Billinares" wrote in message
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Is there any object outside our galaxy that can be seen with the naked
eye from earth (in the northern hemisphere)?
Andromeda.

Best Wishes

Yes, I had thought of that one, but with a 4.5 magnitude you practically
never see it. Anything else?

Billinares wrote:
Is there any object outside our galaxy that can be seen with the naked eye
from earth (in the northern hemisphere)?



Modern science tells us there isn't any. But it might depend on what is
meant by 'object' and 'outside'.

Lets say there actually is a few objects which appear to be inside our
galaxy, and are completely visible to the naked eye, but in reality,
this could just be only an illusion.

Billinares wrote:

Yes, I had thought of that one, but with a 4.5 magnitude you practically
never see it.

We practically never see the whole galaxy period. Never mind Andromeda.
Just a bunch of bright stars marking constellations like the Dipper
and the Northern Cross because of all the light pollution.



Anything else?

Gravitional lensing can make really distant objects appear to be closer.
Maybe future discoveries will prove that some Milky Way objects
light originates from 'outside' the galaxy.

Billinares wrote:

Yes, I had thought of that one, but with a 4.5 magnitude you practically
never see it. Anything else?

On a really good night M33, the "Pinwheel" galaxy in Triangulum, may
also be glimpsed -- but if you have trouble seeing M31 then I doubt
you could see this one at all, as it's not only fainter overall but
less concentrated at the centre.

From the tropics you can see the Magellanic Clouds in season; they're
close enough to our Galaxy to interact with it but are still
considered extragalactic objects.

--
Odysseus

If the space between galaxies has no bright stars it would be a
wonderful space area to signal the rest of the intelligent life that
they are not alone. From are arm near the rim of our galaxy we could
sent a huge very powerful laser with the most intense "green" color that
can easily be seen if there are astronomers on the Milky Way,and
Andromeda galaxies. At this spacetime we have the rocketry,and the
lasers,and should start construction right away. The laser light has
to pulse(blink) with a code Beert

M33 is much fainter. Have you ever watched M31 without telescope? Can you
actually see the star-cloud? I always thought that all those nice pictures
of galaxies ware long-exposure.

Billinares wrote:

M33 is much fainter. Have you ever watched M31 without telescope? Can you
actually see the star-cloud? I always thought that all those nice pictures
of galaxies ware long-exposure.

I've never seen more than the core without optical aid, but I've seen
a fair bit of the disk, perhaps half a degree across, with
binoculars. Long-exposure photos show much more than the eye can,
even through a largish amateur 'scope, not only extending the disk to
about three degrees across, but capturing colour and detail that
can't otherwise be resolved.

--
Odysseus

Time for me to pack and get out to do some real watching