2006-12-19 23:22:21 · 11 answers · asked by den1s_a 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There are over a million stars in the Tycho catalog, but it is estimated that there are a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone, with billions of other galaxies each as large as the Milky Way. So is a star that is not listed in any catalog but appears an a nameless dot in one or more photographs considered discovered? I say yes. In that case there are probably billions of discovered stars, although nobody has counted them or even looked at them individually. Do stars in a distant galaxy that has been photographed but that is too far away to show any individual stars count as discovered? I don't think so. There are countless trillions of such stars.
2006-12-20 01:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The eyes of the discoverer may only be two. the collective eyes of the vast billions on this planet are limited to there place on the surface. Beyond the planet you will see more and you may discover that you can not see the all. It is a humble feeling that each and every Star has a solar system that may contain one or more planets and of those planets how many eyes look to the skies?
2006-12-20 19:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by blueridgemotors 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it is even more than I had thought. Here's what I found:
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SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Ever wanted to wish upon a star? Well, you have 70,000 million million million to choose from.
That's the total number of stars in the known universe, according to a study by Australian astronomers.
It's also about 10 times as many stars as grains of sand on all the world's beaches and deserts.
The figure -- 7 followed by 22 zeros or, more accurately, 70 sextillion -- was calculated by a team of stargazers based at the Australian National University.
Speaking at the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union meeting in Sydney, Dr Simon Driver said the number was drawn up based on a survey of one strip of sky, rather than trying to count every individual star.
The team used two of the world's most powerful telescopes, one at the Anglo-Australian Observatory in northern New South Wales state and one in the Canary Islands, to carry out their survey.
2006-12-19 23:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by jd 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
According to http://www.astrometry.org it says:
"Astronomers estimate that there are at least 70 sextillion stars in the known universe, that is 70 000 000 000 000 000 000 000, or 230 billion times as much as the 300 billion in the Milky Way, the our own galaxy."
Which is basically ALOT...... according to this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillion (and assuming like most people you aren't aware of what big numbers come up after a Trillion)...... it goes something like:
Million > Billion > Trillion > Quadrillion > Quintillion > Sextillion
2006-12-19 23:38:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must live in a cave. Get out some night and discover something on your own.
2006-12-19 23:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by Pauleinstein 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is like asking about how many sand grains in the beach?
The answer:
Too many that they can't count it easily
2006-12-19 23:31:54 · answer #6 · answered by ray2_moot 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i find 5 moon 3 sun 2stars
2006-12-19 23:26:23 · answer #7 · answered by fionn hannon 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ALL OF THEM! Just as if you ask, "How many dead people in the cemetery?" ALL OF THEM.
2006-12-19 23:49:08 · answer #8 · answered by GERALD S. MCSEE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
many....tom cruise is a good example but i wish he had remained as one of those mysteries of the galaxy.
2006-12-19 23:25:26 · answer #9 · answered by b-overit 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
only god knows,if a scientist says he knows then his a bloody liar
2006-12-19 23:25:29 · answer #10 · answered by yung d 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋