# How many Galaxies blocked by my fingernail

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-galaxies-blocked-by-my-fingernail/843297 "2019-11-11T18:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-galaxies-blocked-by-my-fingernail/843297/61 "2019-11-15T18:03:51Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> That’s relevant for how many you’d see, but not for how many your thumb would block.

Of course, thank you!

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-galaxies-blocked-by-my-fingernail/843297/62 "2019-11-15T20:25:23Z")

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If every step is 1/n of a radian, then you have spherical coordinates, and the step areas get very small to the north and the south, just like we’ve been describing.

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