Star Count

The Star Count property of a Galaxy Nebula indicates how many individual stars the nebula represents. The Star Count property of a Galaxy object indicates how many individual stars the entire galaxy represents.

Star Count is calculated from the nebula's mass, and assumes that the stars within the nebula have a mass distribution represented by a single power law with index 2.35, and that 10% of the total mass of the nebula is represented in stars.

Location
The Star Count property for an individual Galaxy Nebula object is located in the Content section of the Nebula tab in the nebula's properties panel. The Star Count property for a Galaxy object is located at the bottom of the Properties section of the Galaxy tab of the galaxy's properties panel.

Units
Star Count is a unitless value, but it can be viewed and edited using the following orders of magnitude:
 * quadrillion = 1015
 * trillion = 1012
 * billion = 109
 * million = 106
 * thousand = 103
 * value is the full number representing the property