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by Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37)

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

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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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