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What is the percent of the Milky Way galaxy that are the dwarf stars?
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∙ 14y ago
We aren't sure. The bigger the star, the brighter it is and the easier it is to see. On the other hand, dwarf stars are quite dim. The nearest star to our Sun is Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf at a distance of 4.2 light years. Even though it is the CLOSEST star, you cannot see it without a telescope!
There does not appear to be enough mass in the Milky Way galaxy to keep it together, and various explanations of the "missing mass" have been suggested, from "dark matter" to a massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. I wonder if perhaps there might be vast numbers of undetectably-dim dwarf stars scattered throughout space.
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How many Red Dwarf Stars are there in the Milky Way Galaxy that we know of in October of 2011?
The Milky Way has somewhere between 100 and 400 billion stars; most of those are red dwarf stars.
What is a dwarf galaxy?
A dwarf galaxy [See Link] is a small galaxy composed of up to several billion stars, a small number compared to our own Milky Way's 200-400 billion stars
Is the milky way the smallest galaxy?
no, the milky way is a typical barred spiral with about 200 billion stars some dwarf galaxies my only have a few million stars in fact, there are 2 dwarf galaxies orbiting the milky way that are much smaller
Young stars in the Milky Way Galaxy?
Yes, there are young stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is the HCM 6A galaxy?
The HCM 6A galaxy (one of the galaxies in the Abell 370 galaxy cluster) is a dwarf LAE galaxy 12,800 million light-years (redshift of 6.56) from Earth in the Cetus constellation, and its estimated diameter is 10,000 light-years (about 10 times smaller than the Milky Way), and contains about 1 billion stars (1 percent of the Milky Way's stars).
What other things are there in the Milky Way Galaxy besides planets?
pluto,asteroids,stars,comets and dwarf planets Stars, gas, black holes.
Is the milky way an armband of stars that you reside in your galaxy?
The Milky Way is our galaxy.
How many glaxies are in the milky way?
the milky way is a galaxy, there are billions of stars in the milky way galaxy
What is the A1689-zD1 galaxy?
The A1689-zD1 galaxy (full name BBF2008 A1689-zD1; one of the galaxies in the Abell 1689 galaxy cluster) is a dwarf spiral galaxy 13,000 million light-years (redshift of 7.6) from Earth in the Virgo constellation, and its estimated diameter is 10,000 light-years (about 10 times smaller than the Milky Way), and contains about 1 billion stars (1 percent of the Milky Way's stars).
What is the closest galaxy to milky way?
It is the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is the second closest to the milky way.
Dwarf planets in the milky way?
No one knows. Astronomers are scanning the visible stars of our own Milky Way galaxy for planets orbiting faraway stars, but such planets would have to be nearly the size of Jupiter to be detected at such distances
Do Dwarf galaxies contain only dwarf stars?
Dwarf galaxies merely refer to the size of the galaxy itself, not the stars in the galaxy, so no.
