Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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0:00 - Intro
3:47 - The Greeks Were Just Eyeballing It
14:20 - With Our Naked Eye
20:32 - One Star To Rule Them All
24:46 - The Most Distant Confirmed Object
26:37 - The Edge Of What We Can See
28:48 - And What's Beyond That?

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What’s the most distant thing we can see with the naked eye? What about with a telescope? What about at other wavelengths? Is there anything more to see? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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