How Many Stars Are There?
Counting stars from the shore of the cosmic ocean… Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ LIKE THE SHIRT I'M WEARING? It's glow in...
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[MUSIC] [PEACEFUL MUSIC] On a clear night, away from city lights, the sky is full of stars, more than we could possibly dream of counting, right? Well, if there were a grain of sand for every star that we can see with the naked eye... 9,096. That’s it. Every star bright enough to be seen from Earth without the aid of a telescope. Antares is one. Plus 1 to be exact, on the astronomical scale of brightness. The sun checks in at minus 27. The full moon, minus 13. Even in the darkest places on Earth, like Chile’s Atacama desert, our eyes can only detect objects magnitude 6.5 or brighter. But with bigger eyes? We can see a lot more. [MUSIC] This is the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. And it’s full of stars. [MUSIC] Earth is...
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[MUSIC] [PEACEFUL MUSIC] On a clear night, away from city lights, the sky is full of stars, more than we could possibly dream of counting, right? Well, if there were a grain of sand for every star that we can see with the naked eye... 9,096. That’s it. Every star bright enough to be seen from Earth without the aid of a telescope. Antares is one. Plus 1 to be exact, on the astronomical scale of brightness. The sun checks in at minus 27. The full moon, minus 13. Even in the darkest places on Earth, like Chile’s Atacama desert, our eyes can only detect objects magnitude 6.5 or brighter. But with bigger eyes? We can see a lot more. [MUSIC] This is the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. And it’s full of stars. [MUSIC] Earth is...
