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Fun fact: Andromeda is the only object outside of the local Milky Way group that can be seen with the naked eye.
by planteen 10y ago
Fun fact: Andromeda is the only object outside of the local Milky Way group that can be seen with the naked eye.
- michaelcampbell 10y agoNot even supernovae?
- planteen 10y agoShould have clarified with permanent object and I'm wrong anyway... Triangulum is visible to the naked eye and further away.
- jonathansizz 10y agoM33 in Triangulum is comfortably visible with the naked eye from dark skies. A few other galaxies have been claimed to have been spotted with the naked eye, although I've never been able to see any of these. Also, the 'local group' actually includes M31 and M33 in addition to our galaxy and many smaller ones.
- planteen 10y agoYou are right. Should have fact checked that before posting.
- xioxox 10y agoWhat do you mean by "local Milky Way group"? The "Local group" is a group of galaxies, containing the MW and Andromeda as its most massive members. The MW plus its satellites isn't called the local Milky Way Group.