Like I’m not going to count like say there’s 100% that I can see what percents left and it there new ones and is that more than what I see or less?
2006-06-26 16:54:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There's a relative way to interpret your question as well.
When you look at the stars, you're seeing them because of the light that travels from them to you. It takes time for the light to reach you. So, you're not seeing the stars as they are "now". You're seeing them as they were in the past. They may not even be there any longer. They may have gone nova or even supernova (if big enough), but the information of that event traveling at the speed of light hasn't reached us yet. Just remember it's all relative. So, depeneding on which oberserver you ask and how you define certain terms...just how many stars that you can see are really there?
2006-06-26 21:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
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2006-06-27 05:35:53 · answer #2 · answered by Dilly the Kid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunatly most people live their lives without ever seeing the full beauty of the night sky because they live in heavily light polluted area.
According to the Vanderbuilt Planetarium, the total number of stars visible to the human eye under the darkest skies are about 11,369.
If you've ever actually been out in the middle of nowhere and looked up at the sky, you might wander how on Earth they counted them all! I guess someone had a lot of time!
Unfortunatly most suburbanites can see far less. Maybe on a good night they can just make out a hint of the Milky Way. People in the city can only see the brightest of stars, and typically can't see more than 15...
Visit www.darksky.org to learn how you can help to reduce light pollution and save energy in your area!
2006-06-26 18:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that about 6,000 stars are bright enough for the average person to see without a telescope. The Vanderbilt Planetarium does indeed say that it is 11,369, but I think you need better than average eyesight to see so many. Of course half of them are below the horizon at any one time and the dense atmosphere near the horizon dims those stars enough so that the first answer above, 2,000, is about right for one average person at one time.
However there are many billions more stars that are not bright enough to see without a telescope. The few thousand we can see without a telescope are way way less than 1% of the stars in the sky.
2006-06-27 04:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are billions and Billions of stars out there. You only see a certain amount because that is what is visible to the naked eye. There is a lot of obstacles for the light to get through in the earths atmosphere. Also some stars are just to darn far away to see witht he naked eye. This is one of the reason the Hubble telescope was put into orbit...so a lot of the ambient light, and other crap in the atmosphere wont get in the way.
2006-06-26 17:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mr MOJO123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can see about 2000 stars with the unaided eye. There are about 100,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy, and about 100,000,000,000 galaxies.
2006-06-26 17:02:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's lot more to do in life sweety ... other than counting stars ... so njoy!!
2006-06-26 17:04:05 · answer #7 · answered by Mys_Grl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋