While there are millions of stars in the whole galaxy, the sheer size of the galaxy precludes the use of it all in the game. Thus, the game is concerned with only the local cluster of star. For the purposes of the game, the rest of the galaxy is beyond scope. Furtrhermore, uninteresting from the point of view of this game, multiple star starsystems have been left out.
You can presently view the following information about the galaxy: