Can we see outside our local group?

At billions of light-years away, most are too far to see without binoculars or a telescope. But our Local Group of galaxies is different. It consists of our neighboring galaxies within the vast universe. The Local Group galaxies are all located within roughly 5 million light-years of space around us.

What stars are in the local group?

One of the most prominent members of the Local group is M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. It has two small satellite galaxies, M32 and M110. Also prominent in the local group is the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), Leo I, and NGC 6822.

Can we see into other galaxies?

Answer: Yes, you can see a few other galaxies without using a telescope! The nearby Andromeda Galaxy, also called M31, is bright enough to be seen by the naked eye on dark, moonless nights. The Andromeda Galaxy is the only other (besides the Milky Way) spiral galaxy we can see with the naked eye.

How many stars are in our Local Group?

Number of stars: ca. 1012. Second largest galaxy in the group, which may or may not be the most massive galaxy of the group. number of stars: (2.5±1.5)×1011.

Is the Virgo supercluster bigger than the universe?

There’s really nothing bigger in the Universe. The supercluster we live in is known as the Virgo Supercluster. It’s an enormous collection of more than a million galaxies, stretching across a region of space 110 million light-years across. And then, the Virgo Cluster is just one cluster in the Virgo Supercluster.

What is considered the Local Group?

The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way. It consists of two collections of galaxies in a “dumbbell” shape: the Milky Way and its satellites form one lobe, and the Andromeda Galaxy and its satellites constitute the other.

Why can’t we see stars in pictures taken in cities?

Long exposure pictures in cities will reveal the orange skyglow, which is the main reason why you can’t see the stars – it’s like noise masking off the faint light from the distant objects: Light pollution affects primarily the observations of faint objects, such as nebulae or distant galaxies.

Are there any stars outside our own galaxy?

Are there any stars outside our own galaxy that we can see with just the eye? The answer is no – unless you count seeing the combined light of many billions of stars. From the Northern Hemisphere, the only galaxy outside our Milky Way that’s easily visible to the eye is the great galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, also known as M31.

Do all the stars we see with our eyes belong to galaxies?

The answer is no. All the stars we see with the eye alone belong to our Milky Way. But there is one distant galaxy you can see from Earth. Astronomy events, star parties, festivals, workshops for September-December, 2016

Will the Milky Way ever leave the local group?

No. Neither the Milky Way nor the humans that populate a small insignificant planet around a G2 yellow dwarf star, will ever be able to exit the Local Group.