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How many Red Dwarf Stars are there in the Milky Way Galaxy that we know of in October of 2011?
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The Milky Way has somewhere between 100 and 400 billion stars; most of those are red dwarf stars.
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What galaxy is Canopus from?
Yes. Every star that is visible to the naked eye is in the Milky Way galaxy. You need astonishingly powerful telescopes to distinguish even the largest and brightest stars in nearby galaxies.
Why is your galaxy called the milk way?
The Greek word Galaxy is "milk". The name Milky Way Galaxy is derived from the way intra-galaxy dust and clouds appear as they stream across the night sky.
How many stars are identified in your milky way galaxy and Andromeda?
We will never have any accurate answer, for several reasons. 1. We're inside the Milky Way, and there is at least a third of it that is hidden from view on the other side of the galactic core. Estimates as to the number of stars in our galaxy ranged up to 400 billion stars, but that was just a guess. 2. In the last year or so, the estimates have more than DOUBLED, because we now think that there are vastly more of the very small and dim "brown dwarf" stars. We now estimate that there may be a TRILLION stars in the Milky Way. 3. Andromeda is a very long way away; the only individual stars that can be seen are the few very brightest stars such as supernovas. But because Andromeda is, we think, even larger than the Milky Way, an estimate of a trillion stars is probably quite reasonable.
How much of the Milky Way galaxy have we discovered?
At the moment, or even in the future - we will never know.Even if we managed to explore every star and planet in the whole Milky Way, by the time we had finished, more moons would have been created somewhere else.
What is the galaxy that contains earth classified as?
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, more specifically a "barred spiral galaxy" in which some stars are located in a horizontal band across the nucleus, rather than in the spiral arms.
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 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 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.
Is the Milky Way bigger than nearby galaxys?
The nearest spiral galaxy to us is called Andromeda. It's also known as M31, and is believed to contain upwards of one trillion stars. That makes it about twice the size of the Milky Way. The nearest galaxy of any type is an irregular dwarf galaxy called the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. It is smaller, and is believed to be in the process of being absorbed into the Milky Way.
Are there stars in the middle of the milky way galaxy?
Yes: There are billions of stars towards the middle of the Milky Way Galaxy. In fact, the density of stars gets greater the closer you get to the centre of our Galaxy.
What galaxy is after Andromeda?
All stars and constellations that we can see are in the Milky Way galaxy.
