Anyone who at least once fixed his gaze in the starry sky, involuntarily caught himself thinking that it is impossible to count all the heavenly bodies - there are so many of them. This is only partly true. Scientists have long counted all the stars, at least those that are visible to the human eye.
Astronomers, studying stellar space with powerful telescopes, can detect more than a billion stars. This can be done if a camera with a supersensitive lens is attached to the telescope.
In a telescope, the stars look no more than when observing them without the use of instruments. The distances to the stars are so enormous that no lens is able to bring celestial bodies closer to increase their apparent size. With the help of a telescope, the angle of view only expands, due to which most of the stellar space gets into the view.
An ordinary person on a clear night can count just over a thousand celestial bodies. At best, in the absence of vapors emanating from the earth's surface, the naked eye can see about three thousand stars.
In total, there are no more than six thousand stars available to our eyes in the sky. It will not be possible to see them all at the same time, since most of the luminaries are hidden behind the horizon line, that is, they are available for viewing in another hemisphere of the Earth.
For those who like to observe the starry sky, we recommend using binoculars to increase the viewing angle. Then you will see more stars than what is visible to the naked eye.
