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Do we have a good estimate for the density of intergalactic stars? Or how far away from a star will you be on average, when you are, say halfway between the Milky Way and Andromeda?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergalactic_star



Apparently this is very new science, the information is still being collected as cutting edge research.

One thing that is clear is that the intergalactic medium has a highly variable density. In the vicinity of a recent galactic merger or near-miss, there would be a smear of stars fading off into the distance.

Conversely, even a fairly quiet and passive galaxy like our own is expected to eject stars at a rate of one every few hundred years from the core region immediately nearby the black hole there.




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