I think people can see the milky way in the right conditions alright.. We know from ancient records that people could see it as well. As far as I can tell thou

I think people can see the milky way in the right conditions alright.. We know from ancient records that people could see it as well. As far as I can tell though, making out the actual spiral features of another galaxy is generally assumed to be impossible... And I don't think it actually is, for someone like yourself.