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To: winodog
Do all the stars we see with the naked eye belong to our galaxy? The Milky Way.

Indeed they do. In fact, they are all pretty close. The universe is one big place! :-)

101 posted on 12/25/2004 7:28:39 AM PST by RadioAstronomer
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To: RadioAstronomer

Yes and the universe is mind boggling. To think there are millions? of stars in our galaxy and there are billions? of galaxies.

I love sci fi. Is there a good web site that is "short and sweet" that explains in laymans terms the numbers of galaxies and the number of stars in each? I know that we are not able to count them all but there is probaly a web site that has pics such as the "basketball court" analogy.


110 posted on 12/25/2004 9:35:04 AM PST by winodog (We need to water the liberty tree)
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To: RadioAstronomer

I might be wrong but I have read that the great galaxy in Andromeda can be visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. Ditto for another in Triangulum although it is much fainter.


111 posted on 12/25/2004 9:43:11 AM PST by xp38
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