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100 billion stars, not million. So on the order of 100 stars per pixel, although obviously not evenly distributed. (Edited to add) The individual stars you can
by captaincrowbar 10y ago
100 billion stars, not million. So on the order of 100 stars per pixel, although obviously not evenly distributed.
(Edited to add) The individual stars you can see when you zoom all the way in are the very brightest stars, mostly blue (O/B class) or red (K/M class) giants. For each star you can see, there are hundreds of smaller stars that you can't make out individually but contribute to the general background glow.
- imglorp 10y ago> For each star you can see, there are hundreds of smaller stars that you can't make out individually but contribute to the general background glow. Yeah, like ours.
- mevile 10y ago> 100 billion stars, not million No, it's 100 million, as the article says. > It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.