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dumdodo t1_j6g04is wrote

Reply to comment by jdubbrude in What if our sun was a part of another constellation on another planet? by smilingpike31

The Orion Nebula, one of the "stars" in the constellation Orion, is 1400 light years away.

Different types of stars have different magnitudes, and can be visible at different distances, as do other objects, like nebulas.

And yes, with a telescope, you can see numerous additional stars. The Milky Way becomes a boring group of stars when viewed through a telescope, because they are no longer tightly packed.

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jdubbrude t1_j6iwqm4 wrote

I think it’s crazy that here on earth I could be dead buried for 70 million years but someone on another planet can see our planter as it is today. As if I’m still alive. Pretty wild

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