2006-08-25 02:32:46 · 14 answers · asked by ? 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
heres a list of stars
our loacal star is the sun not a good place for your hols
sirius
pollux
arcturus
rigel
aldebarren
beletgese
Antares
to see how big they are (you really have to see this) go to http://www.freewebs.com/sony12/howsmallarewe.htm
2006-08-26 08:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a huge variation in the distance of stars from earth. The sun is a star, and is only about 92 million miles away. The next closest star, though, is Proxima Centauri, and that's a little over four light years away. One light year is 5.9 trillion miles, and most stars that we talk about are on the order of tens or thousands of light years away from Earth. Some stars in the galaxy, though, are as much as a hundred thousand light years away. And the stars in other galaxies, which cannot be individually seen by the naked eye, are at least 2.5 million light years away (if located in Andromeda) and we can see some stars that are tens of billions of light years away. We don't know how big the Universe is, but it's possible that there are stars in galaxies continuing infinitely (or arbitrarily) far from Earth, meaning that there are also stars, say, 200 trillion light years from Earth.
2006-08-25 02:41:28 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you made a scale model with the distance from the earth to the sun scaled to be one inch, the distance to the moon would be about the width of a human hair. On this scale, the distance to the next nearest star would be over 4 miles! Most of the stars you see at night would be between 4 miles and 1000 miles away. Our galaxy (the Milky Way) would be about 100,000 miles across and the distance to the nearest spiral galaxy (the Andromeda Spiral) would be over 2 million miles on this scale. There are galaxies full of stars that would be billions of miles away on this scale.
2006-08-25 03:52:36 · answer #3 · answered by mathematician 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Apart from the Sun (relatively close), all the other stars are so far away that the distance is measured in light-years (the distance the light travels in one year). The range varies greatly therefore the only possible answer to your question is: it depends on which star you're talking about.
2006-08-25 02:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Edu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Proxima Centuari is the closest star to earth, other than the sun. its distance away from the earth is 4.2 light years away. A light year is about/roughly 6 trillion miles. That makes the star some 25 trillion miles away. Thats really, really, really far away. We will never go there. Ever.
2006-08-25 03:29:05 · answer #5 · answered by Ron B. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the closest star is the sun which is 93 Million miles away
2006-08-25 02:39:03 · answer #6 · answered by john 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nearest one is trillions of miles away. The most distant ones are billions of trillions of miles away. Compared to the closest star, Pluto (er... Neptune) is right next door, a mere few billion miles.
2006-08-25 02:34:54 · answer #7 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it depends on the star, the nearest one is 15 light-years away., 1 light year is the distance that light travels in one year
2006-08-25 07:18:36 · answer #8 · answered by caprilover79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what star you are thinking of. The closest one is Alpha Centauri and it is 4.39 lightyears away(25.8trillion miles).
2006-08-25 02:38:18 · answer #9 · answered by annony muss 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as dreams
2006-08-25 02:44:00 · answer #10 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋