Does any really know how many stars there are in the sky? *****

Question: Does any really know how many stars there are in the sky? ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
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Asked by summer8181 to David, Luna, Probash on 24 Mar 2011 in Categories: General.
- David Pyle answered on 24 Mar 2011:
  
  No! But it is quite possible to make an educated guess. Starting with an estimate of the mass of Milky Way, and the typical mass of a star (sun), there may be a few hundred billion stars in the Milky Way alone.

summer8181 commented on 25 Mar 2011:

Thankyou, that is way more than I thought were in the milky way!

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Question: Does any really know how many stars there are in the sky? ***** ***** ***** ***** *****