2007-03-29 13:10:21 · 5 answers · asked by joey.alex 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It has about... 200(1) - 400(2) billion stars, depending on who you believe (I side with the 'closer to 200bn' team).
In terms of physical size, I'd say that overall it's a medium galaxy - it's not as large as the giant ellipticals, or spirals such as Andromeda (which has about 1 trillion stars, according to Spitzer telescope observations), but it's larger than the many 'dwarf' galaxies, and a good number of spirals (including a nearby spiral, Triangulum.
2007-03-29 13:21:27 · answer #1 · answered by Neilos 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are a couple of hundred billion stars in our galaxy. As such, it is a medium to large galaxy. The really huge galaxies are all elliptical rather than spiral (like the Milky way) and are at the centers of large clusters. These will often have tens of trillions of stars. There are also small, dwarf galaxies with only a few million stars.
2007-03-29 14:04:27 · answer #2 · answered by mathematician 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Milky Way is on the large side of medium. It has 300 billion +/- 200 billion stars.
2007-03-29 13:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fairly large, but not nearly as big as Andromeda. Probably medium-large sized. The current estimate is ??? billion stars.
2007-03-29 13:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are only 27 stars. The rest are phonies set up by the space creatures. It is a medium galaxy.
2007-03-29 13:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋