Hmmmm... This forum may become so popular that Herb could finance Astromart by selling pay-per-view subcriptions! I just hope none of my errant emails become grist for the mill...
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. Richard Feynman US educator & physicist (1918 - 1988)