DigitalPriest t1_iqudsxz wrote on October 3, 2022 at 3:53 AM

Reply to comment by falubiii in Andromeda (M31) by P3n1sD1cK

Question: Can we resolve them with industrial grade equipment like JWST? I honestly don't know. I'm curious how far away the furthest star is that we can even barely image.

Ape_Togetha_Strong t1_iquyazp wrote on October 3, 2022 at 8:08 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHL0137-LS

28 billion lightyears.

And yes, we can see individual stars in andromeda with big telescopes. Every one of the smaller dots here is a star in andromeda: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/

DigitalPriest t1_iqyfm6f wrote on October 4, 2022 at 12:35 AM

Thanks! That's pretty darn cool!