2006-07-16 07:55:24 · 11 answers · asked by Erlin V 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Well, I believe that space goes on forever in all directions, so therefore there is an infinite number of stars.
But our telescopes today can only see 70 sextillion stars today, or 7 followed by 22 zeros.
2006-07-16 07:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by starr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billions and billions. But visible to the naked eye on a cloudless No moon night sky may be not more than 300 or so. One can get an upper limit by guessing at a number of stars within a patch of 5 degree visual angle. It is the angle at which the two stars of the quadrilateral of big dipper make at your eye. Multiply this number by 36 and you get the the upper limit for the number of stars visible to the naked eye.
2006-07-16 08:05:23 · answer #2 · answered by Let'slearntothink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an infinite number, space is expanding as we speak, according to an rough estimate, an average of 50 new stars are born every year in the milky way galaxy alone
2006-07-16 08:00:56 · answer #3 · answered by tomcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too many to count. There are millions of galaxies, each having billions of stars. Astronomers estimate there are 100 billion in the milky way alone.
2006-07-16 08:00:12 · answer #4 · answered by Michael T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 to the power 22 is a pretty good guess for the number of stars in the part of the universe we can see.
2006-07-16 11:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by Grouchy Dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars are actually suns, and the galaxy, the star system that contains our sun, has more than 100,000 million suns.
Many of the stars, or suns, out there are bigger and much hotter than our sun.
Beyond our galaxy, there is a vast gap, and then many more galaxies containing even more stars than ours...
2006-07-16 10:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by Featherman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None at the moment, but I understand Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp have bought seats on the next space shuttle.
2006-07-16 08:05:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody knows! They estimate hundreds of billions in the Milky Way, then you multiply that times billions of other galaxies that we know about, then you throw your hands up in wonderment b/c you realize we don't know where the universe ends - or even if it does!
2006-07-16 08:02:55 · answer #8 · answered by Trips 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, think the highest number that you can think of... and keep going... you'll hit it in like 5 years
2006-07-16 08:10:28 · answer #9 · answered by P. Charles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of them !
2006-07-16 12:23:28 · answer #10 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋