visible to the naked eye

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: able to be seen without special equipment

stars visible to the naked eye

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Look west after dark for bright Venus, then swivel to the west to see Jupiter — just a few days past its annual opposition — among the star of Taurus, with the Pleiades, a spectacular open cluster of seven bright stars, above it and visible to the naked eye. —

Jamie Carter, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 Comets can be observed for weeks or months, depending on their orbits, and some are visible to the naked eye. —

Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024 Taking a picture with a smartphone camera may also reveal hints of the aurora that are not visible to the naked eye, Shawn Dahl, coordinator for NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, told ABC News last month. —

Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2024 The most advanced current optical imaging (i.e. non-invasive, and not reliant on radiation) techniques might allow a scientist to see a couple of millimeters into live tissue, but the new method could make detail more than a centimeter deep visible to the naked eye, says Rowlands. —

Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for visible to the naked eye

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