Can you see neutron stars?

Just as with neutron stars, if a black hole is in a binary and it strips gas from its companion, we can detect X-rays from the resulting accretion disk (see "Observing Neutron Stars"). read more

Basically the surface of a neutron star (the part you can see) is made out of really really dense iron. The neutrons don't become dominant until you go deeper in. And as we all know, hot iron glows. So you can totally see a neutron star as it radiates the heat left over from its fiery formation. read more

If the Neutron Star glowed brightly due to a hot accretion disk you couldn't see anything behind it cause the brightness of it would make seeing light bent around it pale by comparison. Now if the Neutron star was dark, to our eyes, then we could see gravity lensing around it, but stars, not planets cause planets would be dark. read more

Of course you can, that is how we know they exist. However you will need a telescope designed to look in the x-ray range of the electromagnetic spectrum, since neutron stars do not emit much of their energy in the visible range. read more