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by DennisP 2451 days ago
I've seen databases of nearby stars, with just the 3D coords. Biggest I think had 100,000 stars.

I don't think we have detailed data for the 100 million stars of the entire Milky Way.

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There’s at least 100 billion (not million). Maybe as many as 800 billion. We can’t see most of them.
Oops, of course you're right.