[Paradox]

Think about this, assuming the universe is fairly regular, (and that this view isn't peering into some dense area of the universe and the rest is not nearly as populated), we are looking at one twelve-point-seven millionth of the sky. And we are seeing some 10,000 galaxies (which themselves consist of BILLIONS of stars each). What is 10,000 multiplied by 12.7 million?

The numbers are beyond staggering.

[kjam22]

Obviously the light hasn't reached us and that's why they need such a magnifing glass to see it.

[flashbunny]

Did a little math:

Just using this sparse area as a sample, with 10,000 galaxies in it, yields 127,000,000,000,000 galaxies.

There are an estimated 200 Billion stars in our galaxy alone. I guess that's a good average number to use for this.

200 Billion times 127,000,000,000,000 yields 25,400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 potential stars out there in the sky, and who knows how many planets orbiting them.

Now if John Kerry could just figure out how to tax all of them, there would be no deficit, and everyone in the US could have free health care. Kumbaya.

[JasonC]

It implies there are about as many stars in the universe as there are atoms in a glass of water. There is an intervening step at least as big, between a glass of water and a typical star.