== Individually resolved ==  

 This shocked me: All the stars that can be seen in the night sky are part of the Milky Way galaxy.  Another page tells me that Andromeda is one of the brighter Messier objects and can be seen with the unaided eye.  Presumably all the light emanating from Andromeda is star light.  So, there are points of light in the heavens which we mistake for stars, which are not part of the Milky Way.  Corollary: some of the light we can see with the unaided eye is older than the diameter of the Milky Way.  The original wording would make one think otherwise until a "huh" moment later on. —