Date: 13/02/2023 06:01:41
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1993688
Subject: Average distance between stars

I wonder what the average distance is between stars?

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For a Globular cluster it is is around 1 light year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular_cluster

For the Milky Way it is around 5 light years.
https://public.nrao.edu/ask/is-there-a-reference-for-average-distance-between-stars-in-the-milky-way/

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Date: 13/02/2023 06:24:48
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1993689
Subject: re: Average distance between stars

The average distance between galaxies is about one million light years. There are roughly 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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Date: 13/02/2023 06:25:41
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1993690
Subject: re: Average distance between stars

Tau.Neutrino said:


The average distance between galaxies is about one million light years. There are roughly 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.

link
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/9780735421141_001

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Date: 14/02/2023 04:38:45
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1994105
Subject: re: Average distance between stars

Tau.Neutrino said:


I wonder what the average distance is between stars?

Different answers

For a Globular cluster it is is around 1 light year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular_cluster

For the Milky Way it is around 5 light years.
https://public.nrao.edu/ask/is-there-a-reference-for-average-distance-between-stars-in-the-milky-way/

That’s in the right ball park. I’d expected stars in a globular cluster to be closer than that.

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