As for how many galaxies are in this image, I counted all the distinctly 'galaxy-shaped' objects in a half-inch slice on my screen and then multiplied, then arounded up. I still feel like my result of about a thousand is grossly underestimated. And for stars, "billions and billions".
As for how many galaxies are in this image, I counted all the distinctly 'galaxy-shaped' objects in a half-inch slice on my screen and then multiplied, then arounded up. I still feel like my result of about a thousand is grossly underestimated. And for stars, "billions and billions".
Fritz Zwicky definitely belongs on the pantheon of Astronomers with Cool Names