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Star Density

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star density [′stär ‚den·səd·ē]
(astronomy)
The average number of stars in a unit volume of space.
Star Density 

in the Milky Way Galaxy, the number of stars contained in a volume equal to 1 cubic parsec in a given region in a stellar system. Star density decreases monotonically with increasing distance from the axis of symmetry and the plane of symmetry of the galaxy. In the neighborhood of the sun it totals approximately 0.12 stars per cubic parsec.
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