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[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are there really less than 38,000 visible stars?

I've been out in the open ocean hundreds of miles from land, lights out, looking at the whole of the milky way on a clear night. Just from my one hemisphere view it seemed like 10's of thousands....

[–] badmancrooks@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Unassisted, to the naked eye.