Re: Stars visible with naked eye


"p4o2" <p4o2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How many of the stars visible with the naked eye are in our milky way?
I think maybe they all are?

Ah, no. Our own Sun would become invisible to the naked eye at about 20-30
light years distance. I would imagine we'd be lucky to see 1% of them.
cheers
Bill


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