This, and also: You can see some other galaxies with the naked eye, but not make out any of the stars within them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_galax

This, and also: You can see some other galaxies with the naked eye, but not make out any of the stars within them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_galaxies#Naked-eye_galaxies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_galaxies#Naked-eye_gal... Note that the Magellanic Clouds are basically orbiting our galaxy, and that the next closest independent galaxy is Andromeda, 2 and a half million light years away.