How far out in the void can our Sun be seen like we see stars?

The Sun's absolute magnitude is about 4.8 -- this is how bright it would appear at a distance of 10 parsecs -- just under 33 light-years. read more

So our Sun can be seen from as far away as we can see similar stars. There is no real limit for this if you include being able to see it as part of the radiation coming from a galaxy: we can see these as far away as the time it takes for light to get here from their formation. read more

The farthest star we can see with our naked eye is V762 Cas in Cassiopeia at 16,308 light-years away. V762 Cassiopeiae has been calculated as 13,408.63 times bigger than the Sun. To see stars further away a telescope will be required. read more

At any one time we can only see the half of the Sun that is facing us. However there is no ‘far side of the Sun’. Unlike the Moon, which spins once for every time it goes around the Earth, constantly presenting us with the same side, the Sun spins once every 24.5 days and the Earth moves within its orbit so that over the course of about a month we get to see the entire surface. read more