Re: Stars visible with naked eye

In article <623sjgF211o10U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
OG <owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"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?

Yes, all stars seen as individual points by the naked eye are within our
galaxy.

Including S Andromedae and SN 1987A ? ;-)




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