[lbo-talk] Astronomical amounts vs. economical amounts

[Les Schaffer]

RicardoStarkey at aol.com wrote:
>  
> *Our galaxy*  itself contains a hundred billion stars.
> It's a hundred thousand light  years side to side.

there is a nice set of images recently released that gives an in-depth 
zoomable look at the Milky Way:

   http://www.gigagalaxyzoom.org/W.html

   http://www.gigagalaxyzoom.org/about.html

Les