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According to SIMBAD, ~970. But there's a lot of stars within 50 light years whose distances aren't known. There's quite a few stars within 50 light years. To get a good estimate, we should consider how many stars within 20 light years, and go from there.
The nearest 25 light years are really well catalogued, and the current census is 200 stars. Now, through knowledge of Geometry, one can say that if you multiply the radius of a 3D shape by a number, x, the volume will increase by the x^3. Why 3? because it's a 3D shape.
So we double our sphere from 25 to 50 light years. So thus the volume increases by 2^3 = 8 times! So there are 8 times as many stars within 50 light years as there are within 25 light years.
200 * 8 =
1,600 stars (estimate).
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The light emited by stars can take thousands of years to reach the Earth, because the stars can be located thousands of light years away. Stars viewed from Earth can only be seen at night because the light from the sun creates a glear on the atmosphere.
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Is the distance between stars and earth measured in kilometres or light-years?
Light Years.
Does it sometimes take millions of years for starlight to reach earth?
Not for the stars you can see without a telescope. All of the stars you see at night are within a few hundred light years of Earth, so it does not take the light more than a few hundred years to reach us. There are stars in other galaxies that are millions or even billions of light years away. That light does take millions to billions of years to reach us, though the stars are too far away for us to thee them individually.
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When do stars appear?
The light emited by stars can take thousands of years to reach the Earth, because the stars can be located thousands of light years away. Stars viewed from Earth can only be seen at night because the light from the sun creates a glear on the atmosphere.
In distance in space between stars and earth measured in kilometres or light years?
in light years
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it is light years away
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Is betelgeuse the farthest star from earth?
No, Betelgeuse is about 640 light-years from earth, but some stars are many billions of light-years away.
When should you use light years?
Light years are used to measure distance from Earth to distant stars and planets.
What is the units used to measure the distance of stars to the earth?
light years
