[davewaldo]

Hi Everyone,

I post this here as its a pretty basic question, but one that interests me.

When looking through a scope, or indeed just looking up to the sky, I'm trying to understand the placement (distance) of stars.

I'm guessing that most of the stars we see are from our own galaxy, and we are looking through these stars to distant galaxies and other objects.

Are there many lone stars floating in between or are stars generally contained within galaxies? (this is the model I'm leaning towards)

Or is there a wide disbursement of stars throughout the universe with galaxies also dotted around?

Just trying to get a vision of how our universe is built.

Any info on this topic would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Dave.