2006-08-17 20:58:18 · 8 answers · asked by baban 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
What would possibly make you think that anyone knows the answer to this? And if an answer were possible, why would you ask those of us here in the middle of the night? HHhhhmmmm....???????? LOL.
2006-08-17 21:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by Crooks Gap 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha! I was actually interested in determining the number of galaxies that could be seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. I had seen a fantastic picture that was full of galaxies.
It would take about 1 million YEARS for the HST to photograph the sky at maximum power! If it did, I estimate that it would show 2.83824E+17 galaxies! This is 283,824,000,000,000,000 galaxies.
But this is only how many could be seen from Earth! If you were looking out at the sky from the farthest galaxy, in a direction AWAY from Earth, you would see ANOTHER 1.41912E+17 galaxies!
Nobody knows how big the cosmos is. We are still learning about what our own Sun is, and what our own Solar System is made of.
;-D Astronomy is fun and exciting, but the Moon is still the heart of romance!
2006-08-18 04:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is made up of trillions upon trillions and counting galaxies.
When galaxies were first discovered they were called island universes because they looked like islands of stars in a dark sea. New galaxies are discovered every day containing large numbers of stars. My results show the number of galaxies from some sources is the same and from some it is different. The more recent sources give larger numbers. This is because of new inventions that make it easier to find galaxies. One of these is the Hubble Space Telescope which enables us to see farther out into space and locate more of the universe's galaxies. These sources are just estimates because the numbers are always changing. Another reason that we do not know the exact number of galaxies is because they range in sizes. There can be extremely large galaxies and extremely small galaxies. The smaller galaxies are harder to detect
2006-08-22 00:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 519. The other things that look like galaxies are deception send by the Evil One to trick us.
2006-08-18 04:52:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know whether i should try n answer your question or rate it as a bad question, first.
2006-08-18 04:15:19 · answer #5 · answered by megalomaniac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one will actually know. there over bilions of galxys in the universe, so dont try counting them!
2006-08-18 04:48:05 · answer #6 · answered by daniel d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too many
2006-08-18 04:03:09 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the number toooooo large. quiet unimaginable. St.Toad please think again about your answer SERIOUSLY
2006-08-19 01:28:05 · answer #8 · answered by mridul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋