How Far Can You See Into Space Without a Telescope?
The article explains that under ideal dark sky conditions, the average person can see stars up to magnitude 6, which includes stars up to about 8,000 light-years away, and even some galaxies like Andromeda at 2.5 million light-years. Notably, a gamma-ray burst was visible to the naked eye at a distance of 7.5 billion light-years. The Magellanic Clouds are the most distant objects visible without a telescope, at over 160,000 light-years away, highlighting our remarkable ability to observe cosmic phenomena with the naked eye.
