Naked eye
If something can be seen with the naked eye, it means that it can be seen without using a microscope, binoculars, glasses or a telescope. In astronomy, a naked-eye object is something, such as a star, that the general public can see without using these tools.
Naked Eye Media
Human eye.
A photographic approximation of a naked eye view of the night sky from a small rural town (top) and a metropolitan area (bottom). Light pollution dramatically reduces the visibility of stars.
The Milky Way is visible over the Very Large Telescope, demonstrating clear atmosphere above Paranal Observatory.
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Other websites
- Naked Eye Observing in Astronomy
- Naked-Eye Stargazing: Learning the Sky and its constellations
- Naked Eye Navigation Archived 2004-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, Polynesia Voyages
