How many stars in M87?

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From: Rune Henning Johansen FBA
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 20:07

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In an article translated from English to Norwegian it was mentioned
that Hubble took some pictures of the galaxy M87. According to the
article this galaxy consists of two "billoner" stars. Since a
Norwegian "billion" is thousand times greater than an English
"billion" I wonder if there might be a translation error. So my
question is simply: How many stars is there in M87?

 - Rune

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