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Most of the answers I've read to this question seem to come from people that don't have all the facts. If you were to look at our Sun from Pluto, it would look like just another star in the sky. stars have a limit on how far away they can be seen. Most of the stars in our own galaxy are too far away to be seen with the naked eye. what you see in the sky at night are mostly galaxies and nebulae. This is only because of their tremendous size. Most galaxies have several trillion stars in them and that's why you can see them from so far away. The distances we are talking about are beyond the comprehension of most people.

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This is just plain wrong, and your first sentence is self-inflicted. The Sun is a star. It doesn't matter how big it appears on the sky, it's still a star. So that's one. From Earth, Pluto, or Eta Eridani. From Earth tho, most what you can see on the night sky with a naked eye, as per the question, are stars in the Milky Way, our own galaxy. On a clear night, it's possible to see some galaxies, on Northern skies mostly those starting with M for Messier. And you might find you'll see more planets that other galaxies. And maybe one moon, some satellites, shooting stars, airplanes,... – TildalWave Apr 12 at 10:00
I don't think this is deleteable because it technically answers the question, but it's still completely wrong. – HDE 226868 Apr 12 at 13:29

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