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To: ctdonath2

I think I remember seeing some mathematical sort of proof that if the number of stars really approached infinity the night sky would be white.


8 posted on 09/23/2019 7:30:11 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute

It doesn’t approach infinity, so it isn’t white.


11 posted on 09/23/2019 7:33:05 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: wastoute

It all depends on the distribution, because for any stars past a certain distance away from the Earth (the Hubble distance), we would never receive any light at all.


34 posted on 09/23/2019 10:42:31 AM PDT by Boogieman
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