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<i>The tiny, nascent galaxy shown here, POX 186, is believed to be two smaller clumps of gas and stars that have recently merged -- within the past 100 million years, (young in terms of the 13 billion year history of the universe). At only 900 light-years across, and containing an estimated 10 million stars, POX 186 is less than one-tenth the diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy and has 10,000 times fewer stars.</i><br /><br />I was looking at this picture in my "SPACE" page-a-day calendar and was wondering what the night sky would look like from a planet in that galaxy. Would it be brighter or darker than our night sky? What is the average distance between stars? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>