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Summing up densities for O-K stars in [1] inside the volume of a sphere of r=100 pc, I end up with ~ 91,600 stars. If we include M dwarfs that number rises to ~
by blackhaz 3y ago
Summing up densities for O-K stars in [1] inside the volume of a sphere of r=100 pc, I end up with ~ 91,600 stars. If we include M dwarfs that number rises to ~ 375,000 stars.
[1] https://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/memo_star_dens.html https://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/memo_star_dens.html