You can see other galaxies with the naked eye*, though Ishgardian astrologians do have the aid of telescopes and the like. Also, you can track the movement of actual stars, not just planets in our same solar system...

*not so much on Earth today thanks to light pollution - but before the electric light took over, it was easy to see the Milky Way from basically anywhere, and on the night of the new moon you can see nearby galaxies like Andromeda and so on.