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In Genesis, the stars were made in the fourth day<ref>[Genesis 1-8 (Translated)|Gen 1:14]</ref>, and their number is compared to the number of descendants of Abraham<ref>[Genesis 9-16 (Translated)|Gen 15:5]; an earlier count of the number of descendants of Abraham was the number of grains of dust of the Earth (Gen 13:16)</ref>.
In Genesis, the stars were made in the fourth day<ref>[Genesis 1-8 (Translated)|Gen 1:14]</ref>, and their number is compared to the number of descendants of Abraham<ref>[Genesis 9-16 (Translated)|Gen 15:5]; an earlier count of the number of descendants of Abraham was the number of grains of dust of the Earth (Gen 13:16)</ref>.
The [[Bible]] implies that the number of stars is virtually countless<ref>[Jeremiah 27-34 (Translated)|Jeremiah 33:22]; similarly to Genesis, the number of descendants of David is compared to the number of stars and the number of grains of sand</ref>, but for many years this was not accepted. [[Hipparchus]] in 128 B.C. stated there were 1,026 stars in the sky. [[Kepler]] in 1600 A.D. did his own count and found the number to be 1,005. Today, thanks to telescopes (especially the [[Hubble Telescope]]) showing many stars previously too dim to be seen, the current estimate is 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7*10<sup>25</sup>).<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/22/stars.survey Star survey reaches 70 sextillion</ref>
The [[Bible]] implies that the number of stars is virtually countless<ref>[Jeremiah 27-34 (Translated)|Jeremiah 33:22]; similarly to Genesis, the number of descendants of David is compared to the number of stars and the number of grains of sand</ref>, but for many years this was not accepted. [[Hipparchus]] in 128 B.C. stated there were 1,026 stars in the sky. [[Kepler]] in 1600 A.D. did his own count and found the number to be 1,005. Today, thanks to telescopes (especially the [[Hubble Telescope]]) showing many stars previously too dim to be seen, we are now aware of some 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7*10<sup>25</sup>) stars.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/22/stars.survey Star survey reaches 70 sextillion</ref>
==Measuring stellar positions==
==Measuring stellar positions==