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How far can the human eye see?


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The human eye can see an almost unlimited distance. Think of how far into the night sky you can see.

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The human eye can see an almost unlimited distance. On very clear nights, the naked eye can millions of light year away. Thanks.

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The human eye can see an almost unlimited distance. Looking up into the sky on a very clear night, the Triangulum Galaxy can MORE?

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Assuming the person has good vision, the human eye can see an almost unlimited distance. Thanks for using ChaCha!

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Almost an unlimited distance. You can see the Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light years away, if you have perfect vision. ChaCha!

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The eye is not limited by distance, it responds to photons hitting the retina, it does not care how far the photons have traveled.

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The human eye can see an almost unlimited distance. We can see the Andromeda Galaxy, that's 2.5 million light years away! ChaCha!

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The record for seeing a distant mountain against the Sun appears to be the observation of a Japanese one at a distance of 1177 km.

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