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My question is: How many stars are there in the universe? How do we know?

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FACTS ABOUT THE STARS! So an average galaxy contains between 1011 and 1012 stars. In other words, galaxies, on average have between 100 billion and 1 trillion numbers of stars.

There are between 10 sextillion and 1 septillion stars in the Universe. That's a large number of stars.There are between 10 sextillion and 1 septillion stars in the Universe. That's a large number of stars. So as you can see we don't quiet know how many there are because there are more stars growing every night and day!

What gets used to count how many stars there are!

takes very large binoculars or a telescope to find.

27 Apr 2010 **...** It's **estimated there are** 200000000000 (200 billion) **stars** in our galaxy alone.

It's estimated just our Milky Way Galaxy is home to 100,000,000,000 stars. The total amount of stars in the _visible_ universe is estimated to be 70 sextillion, that is 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,

FUN FACTS ABOUT OTHER THINGS!!!!

Did you know John Glenn is the oldest man to go to the moon his age was 77 and 103 days old. Laika is a dog and he was the first dog to get in a space shuttle and flew to the moon. Colonel Jerry Ross flew with Fracklin Chang-diaz. Colonel had flown 8 times and Franclin had flown 7 times on the 19th April 2002. Did you know Lunar Module has spent the most time on the moon with a impreesive time of 74 hours and 59 minutes and 40 secends. Did you know that Neil Alden Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz'were the first person on the moon in 20th of July 1969. Did you know that the closest planet is Mars (5,981) Did you know that Venus has the hottest surface of any planet and solar system with a average temperature of around 480 degrees (896 farenit)

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How many stars are there in the universe? How do you find out?

**//__ These are some of my Student questions __//**


 * How can you tell it is a star?
 * How far away are the stars?
 * What makes a star shine?
 * What can the stars do to the world?
 * //__ This is what I knew about how many stars there are __//** !

· That there was a lot of stars like over twenty million

**//__ This is what I have found out! __//**

· I have found out that no one really knows how many people just keep guessing

**//__ These are some of the guesses that I have found: __//**

· So an average galaxy contains between 1011 and 1012 stars. In other words, galaxies, on average have between 100 billion and 1 trillion numbers of stars.

· There are between 10 sextillion and 1 septillion stars in the Universe. That's a large number of stars. There are between 10 sextillion and 1 septillion stars in the Universe. That's a large number of stars

· So as you can see we don't quiet know how many there are because there are more stars growing every night and day!

· 27 Apr 2010 ** ... ** It's ** estimated there are ** 200000000000 (200 billion) ** stars ** in our galaxy alone.

· It's estimated just our Milky Way Galaxy is home to 100,000,000,000 stars. The total amount of stars in the _visible_ universe is estimated to be 70 sextillion, that is 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.


 * __ These are some of the names of the stars! Distance (light-years __****__ ) __**


 * Centauri 4.28
 * Centauri A 4.37
 * Centauri B 4.37
 * Barnard’s star 5.80
 * Wolf359 7.60
 * Lalande21185 8,13
 * Sirius A 8.70
 * Sirius B 8.90
 * Luyten 726-8A 8.88
 * UVCenti 8.88
 * Ross248 10.28
 * Epsilon-Eridani 10.78
 * Luyten789-6 10.76
 * Ross128 10.83
 * 61Cygni A 11.09
 * 61Cygin B 11.09
 * Epsilon-Indi 11.20
 * Procyon A 11.40
 * Procyon B S 11.40
 * Struve2398A 11.52
 * Struve2398B 11.52
 * Proxima Centauri || 4.2 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Alpha Centauri A || 4.3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Alpha Centauri B || 4.3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Barnard's Star || 6.0 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Wolf 359 (Gliese 406) || 7.8 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Lalande 21185 (HD 95735) || 8.2 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Luyten 726-8 A || 8.6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Luyten 726-8 B (UV Ceti) || 8.6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ross 154 (Gliese 729) || 9.6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ross 248 (Gliese 905) || 10.3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Epsilon Eridani || 10.7 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ross 128 (Gliese 447) || 10.8 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Luyten 789-6 A1 || 11.1 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Luyten 789-6 B || 11.1 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Luyten 789-6 C || 11.1 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BD +43 44 A (Gliese 15 A) || 11.3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BD +43 44 B (Gliese 15 B) || 11.3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Epsilon Indi || 11.3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 61 Cygni B || 11.3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BD +59 1915 A (Gliese 725 A) || 11.4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BD +59 1915 B (Gliese 725 B) || 11.4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Tau Ceti || 11.4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Procyon A || 11.4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Procyon B || 11.4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * CD -36 15693 (Locaille 9352) || 11.5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * GJ 1111 (G51-15) || 11.8 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * GJ 1061 || 12.0 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Luyten 725-32 (YZ Ceti) || 12.2 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BD +5 1668 (Gliese 273) || 12.3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * CD -39 14192 (Gliese 825) || 12.6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Kapteyn's Star || 12.6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * CD -39 14192 (Gliese 825) || 12.6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Kapteyn's Star || 12.6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

Why I choose this question!

I choose this question because I have been all around Australia and it looks interesting.

Bibliography:

[] The consise Childrens encyclopedia by John Paton Paton Word lock limited, London, 1982 pages 278

The kingfisher science encyclopedia pages 392 and 393

The kingfisher Fact finder, By Sue Hall and Louise Jenis Published by Grisewood and Dempsey in Factile, 1989 pages 12 and 13

Collins Children’s Encyclopedia by John Paton published in Harper Collins Publishers Ltd London 1993 pages 76 and 77

The Concise Children Encyclopedia by John Paton Paton Word lock limited, London 1982 pages 278 and 320

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