Re: Proportion of stars in our galaxy question

Well until nearly 1920 the true was , that all we now call OTHER GALAXY ,was
only nebulosity in our own galaxy.
Think that Bruno had an other opinion already in around 1600
h-g
"Boo" <reply_to_group_not_me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
news:gZWdnYZB_v77taTZ4p2dnA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I am curious to know what proportion of the points of light that are
visible to the naked eye are part of our galaxy ?

All except one. The core of M31 is naked eye visible as a point of
light.

The Magellanic Clouds don't look like points of light, and everything
else is too far away.

Well, I'm astonished to discover that ! So, before the telescope all the
known universe was just our own galaxy and Andromeda ?

--
Boo


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Stars visible with naked eye
    ... Our own Sun would become invisible to the naked eye at about ... Almost all naked-eye stars are within our own galaxy. ... SN 1987A - this was another supernova, this time in the Large Magellanic ...
    (sci.astro)
  • Re: Proportion of stars in our galaxy question
    ... visible to the naked eye are part of our galaxy? ... the known universe was just our own galaxy and Andromeda? ... realised that some of them were actually external to the "milky way". ...
    (uk.sci.astronomy)
  • Re: Stars visible with naked eye
    ... all stars seen as individual points by the naked eye are within our ... galaxy. ... pausch at stjarnhimlen dot se ...
    (sci.astro)
  • Re: Proportion of stars in our galaxy question
    ... I am curious to know what proportion of the points of light that are visible to the naked eye are part of our galaxy? ... before the telescope all the known universe was just our own galaxy and Andromeda? ...
    (uk.sci.astronomy)
  • Re: Stars visible with naked eye
    ... Our own Sun would become invisible to the naked eye at about 20-30 ... We see much less than 1% of the stars in our galaxy with the naked eye. ...
    (sci.astro)