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2007-02-02 12:29:02 · 10 answers · asked by hockeylova#1 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
On the darkest night you can see about 10,000 stars (unless you're superman). The total number of stars is about 100 billion galaxies times about 200 billion stars each in the known universe (approximately).
2007-02-02 12:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Estimates have ranged between 100,000 and 200,000 Billion
stars in the Milky Way Galaxy which is for the most part all the
stars that you see when you go our on a clear night. There are
thousands of other galaxies out there, however, with billions
more stars in each one of them. So there is no real answer to
your question. There is certainly not a definite answer to even
the number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy (ours). Astronomers are just now (aided by the Hubbel Space Telescope) finding that some bright stars are actually double stars quite close together.
Add to that the recent news that the Hubble Space Telescope now needs more repairs and the possible answer to your question moves farther and farther away from being answered any time soon.
Regards,
Zah
2007-02-02 21:57:48 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can see 3,000ish on a dark night if you have 20/20 vision - 3,000 individual stars. But you can also see the plane of the Milky Way galaxy, which contains 200 billion stars, and sometimes the Andromeda galaxy as well, which is another 400 billion. So somewhere between 3000 and 600 billion depending on how you're counting.
2007-02-02 20:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magnitude 6 is considered the lowest magnitude a person with normal vision in dark skies can see. At 6th magnitude there are approximately 6,000 stars that can be seen individually throughout the world (both northern and southern hemisphere).
2007-02-02 21:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by Twizard113 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The total number of stars in our Milky Way galaxy is between 100- to 250-billion. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/MarissaWager.shtml
The total number of stars in the entire universe is about 70-sextillion
2007-02-02 20:41:32 · answer #5 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
More than the grains of sand on all the beaches of the earth.
2007-02-02 20:56:30 · answer #6 · answered by rwbblb46 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simple there is no limit of stars because they are always being created
Cheers
2007-02-02 20:33:49 · answer #7 · answered by Concorde 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Billions. So many you can't count them.
2007-02-02 20:33:30 · answer #8 · answered by vicky b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A lot.
2007-02-02 20:34:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,001
2007-02-02 20:35:35 · answer #10 · answered by bigjohn B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋