EarthSky | How many stars can you see on a moonless night?

EarthSky | How many stars can you see on a moonless night?

Have you ever wondered how many stars you can see in a dark sky? How many stars can you see? Imagine you’re far away from city lights, under a dark sky, on a night with no moon, no clouds and no haze. How many stars could you see with your unaided eye? There’s really no definitive answer to this question. No one has counted all the stars in the night sky, and astronomers use different numbers as theoretical estimates. Considering all the stars v…