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Fooloo
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wouldn't you undercount the stars enclosed?
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True. I only considered the spheres (shells) themselves. If you include the star then the result is even simpler. M_Sun is 10^30 kg so for a back of the envelope calculation you don't even have to consider the shell. Therefore you can say 10^12.
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