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It is not possible to see stars outside of the Milky Way by naked eye

Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37) ... Science Natural science Astronomy Astronomical measurement unit Apparent magnitude Brightest natural objects in the sky
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We can't see individual stars outside of the Milky Way:
  • physics.stackexchange.com/questions/26023/do-all-the-individual-stars-that-we-can-see-in-the-night-sky-belong-to-milky-way
  • earthsky.org/tonight/can-we-see-stars-outside-our-milky-way-galaxy/
Any single star outside of the Milky Way cannot be seen.
The Large Magellanic Cloud stands out as the brightest thing we can see from outside the Milky Way by far!

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