Those highlights are set against a backdrop of billions of faint stars and galaxies. (newatlas.com)
The more numerous faint stars are still in the process of collapsing under their own gravity, but have become hot enough in their centers to be self luminous bodies. (maa.clell.de)
On 23 April 2011, seven telescopes at five sites in Chile and Brazil spotted the dwarf planet Makemake — named after the creator of humanity in the mythology of the native inhabitants of Easter Island — passing in front of a very faint star known as USNO - B1 1181-0235723, says Spanish astronomer José Luis Ortiz of the Astrophysical Institute of Andalusia. (sciencemag.org)