How many stars are really in a galaxy? Obviously it's a
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How many stars are really in a galaxy? Obviously it's a lot, but is it really "billions and billions"? Has anyone tried to actually count them? Maybe it's just a couple million.
>>7955497
definitely more than a thousand
>>7955497
>obligatory
You need to make a few assumptions about the average star in a galaxy so the figure may be off a little but that's to be expected considering it is literally an entire galaxy
Attatched: slides by University of St.Andrews
^^^^Not sure if we can know the flux/luminosity of our own Galaxy so idk if it works with ours or not
>>7955528
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9282-andromeda-galaxy-hosts-a-trillion-stars
>>7955497
Take an handful of sand.
You did it ?
Good.
Now, let me blow your mind.
There are more grains of sand in your hand than atoms if the ENTIRETY of our galaxy.
Not of the andromeda galaxy though, for her you'd need two handfuls.
>>7955775
there are more grains of sand in the galaxy than suns on a beach
>>7955775
hold up. are you telling me there are more suns of grain in your beach than there are sands in your galaxy?
>>7955497
popular estimates are around 200-400 million stars in the milky way galaxy
but its probably more
>>7956030
*billion
haven't had coffee yet lol
