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Hello,
If I am not wrong, I think that no galaxy can be viewed from Earth with naked eye, right?
If I am not wrong, I think that no galaxy can be viewed from Earth with naked eye, right?
The problem is that most of the worlds population is not able to do that. Light pollution and weather are the major reasons people can't see most of the sky. I live in a city where on our best nights we can see only the major constellations. Deep sky viewing even from my 12 inch DOB is unattainable. I'm suprized you don't realize that most of the population lives in cities where light pollution is so bad you can not see Andromeda with the naked eye.Each time I go outside at the night I see the Galaxy in the sky. Not sure what the problem is.
I live in the city as well. I am surprised you don't see the Galaxy.The problem is that most of the worlds population is not able to do that. Light pollution and weather are the major reasons people can't see most of the sky. I live in a city where on our best nights we can see only the major constellations. Deep sky viewing even from my 12 inch DOB is unattainable. I'm suprized you don't realize that most of the population lives in cities where light pollution is so bad you can not see Andromeda with the naked eye.
I cannot see M31 from the last 3 places I have lived at. A combination of light pollution and nearby lights that keep me from getting dark adapted.I live in the city as well. I am surprised you don't see the Galaxy.
We LIVE in a galaxy ... the Milky Way. Every star you can see at night is part of the Milky Way galaxy.Yes I also do see a lot of stars, but how can that mean it can be in a galaxy and rather which galaxy?
The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy lies mostly on the opposite side of the galactic core and is very faint because of this. You cannot see it with your naked eye.I don't know about CMa Dwarf, but the wiki lists Sag Dwarf's apparent magnitude as 4.5, so at least in principle it should be visible to a naked eye (generally the limit for an unaided human eye is considered to be around 6th magnitude, but the fuzziness of galaxies makes them a bit harder to see, to me at least).