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How many stars are there in the satellite galaxies of Milky way?

Answer 1

Ivy Allen

Large Magellanic Cloud: 30 billion stars
Small Magellanic Cloud: 3 billion stars

Numerous satellite galaxies make up the Milky Way, our galaxy.

But only the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are visible to the unaided eye.

There are roughly 30 billion stars in the LMC and about 3 billion in the SMC.

While the Milky Way has more stars than any other galaxy, our galaxy has more than 200 billion stars!

The fact that the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds can only be seen from the southern hemisphere should not be overlooked.

The constellations Tucana and Hydrus contain the SMC, while the constellations Dorado and Mensa contain the LMC.

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Answer 2

Elena Antonova

Although the exact number of stars in the Milky Way's satellite galaxies varies, estimates place the total number of stars in these dwarf galaxies at several billion.

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