How much energy is being emitted by celestial objects other than the Sun?
Hello! Sorry to bother y'all, but I have a question. I was having a casual conversation with my friend during lunch about stars and energy, and I need help. We’re both fantasy writers, and creating magic systems and cross-referencing them with one another is how we pass the time.
Well, I’ve been dabbling with this idea of one of my characters taking all of the energy from the stars in the night sky, the Sun excluded, and redirecting it elsewhere. I have a VERY BASIC understanding of astrophysics, but I was worried that if a spell like that could redirect all that energy, it would pulverize a planet. I mean, it's SOLAR energy. My friend doesn't really care about the realism of magic; he just does whatever he wants with it to move the story forward. He says I'm overthinking things, but I don't think so. Magic, to me, should have some semblance of realism, and I want to get this right.
So, the big question: If you could collect all the energy from all the stars in the night sky, minus the Sun, how much energy would you have? Could you pulverize a planet or light a match?