How Many Stars Are Really Visible?
<p>Tucked into a sleeping bag under the stars in the mountains of Northern California as a kid, I marveled at the Milky Way, a magical yet real cosmic river of fuzzy brightness punctuated by points of light both faint and bright. I’d count the sparkling gems in a patch of sky through towering pines, invariably losing track after just a few.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen a sky like that in decades. But I remember thinking I must’ve been looking at <em>millions</em> of stars.</p>
<p>Not even close!</p>
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