visible to the naked eye
idiom
: able to be seen without special equipment
stars visible to the naked eye
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Although neither are visible to the naked eye, Uranus and Neptune will also be in the sky, creating a six-planet parade.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Tycho is easily visible to the naked eye, thanks in part to the vast streaks (or rays) of reflective material cast outward across the lunar surface in the wake of the brutal asteroid impact that created the 53-mile-wide (85-kilometer) crater.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2025
While the moon and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, Neptune requires a telescope.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2025
When food runs out, certain tiny roundworms, barely visible to the naked eye, crawl toward one another and build living, wriggling towers that move as one superorganism.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 5 June 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Tycho is easily visible to the naked eye, thanks in part to the vast streaks (or rays) of reflective material cast outward across the lunar surface in the wake of the brutal asteroid impact that created the 53-mile-wide (85-kilometer) crater.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2025
While the moon and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, Neptune requires a telescope.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2025
When food runs out, certain tiny roundworms, barely visible to the naked eye, crawl toward one another and build living, wriggling towers that move as one superorganism.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 5 June 2025
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“Visible to the naked eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visible%20to%20the%20naked%20eye. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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