I think you've got that off, by a couple of orders of magnitude, Rob

ER — 5/13/2022 9:03:35 PM (archived)

Sag A * masses about 4 million solar masses.

The one in the M87 galaxy is over a thousand times more massive. Which may be related to the size of the Galaxy. M87 has over a trillion stars

Black holes formed from highly evolved stars (supernova events, etc) are rarely over several solar masses.

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Sag A* - ER - 5/12/2022 11:02:23 PM
- (Deleted my post. Not out of embarrassment but in an effort to keep the Zone factual.) - RobVG - 5/14/2022 3:28:37 AM
  - There's no need to be embarrassed about a typo, or even an honest mistake.. - ER - 5/14/2022 12:31:56 PM
    - It was a brain fart. Sorry about deleting your comment along with it. - RobVG - 5/14/2022 10:26:11 PM
    - True. - podrock - 5/14/2022 5:39:02 PM
- I think you've got that off, by a couple of orders of magnitude, Rob - ER - 5/13/2022 9:03:35 PM
  - You're absolutely right. - RobVG - 5/13/2022 11:29:42 PM
- amazing. - podrock - 5/13/2022 3:53:15 AM

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