(February 1, 2019 at 12:39 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: Check this one out Brian:
![[Image: 0imwOs2.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i.imgur.com%2F0imwOs2.png)
That is somewhat deceptive. Extended exposure created a incorrect visual impression of relative size of IC1101. Ic1101 actually consist of central portion where the density of stars resemble the main parts of ordinary galaxies like Milky Way. That part is perhaps only 3-4 times the size of the Milky Way. The rest of IC1101 is a very tenuous and faint halo of stars that extends out to 10 times the size of Milky Way.
To be sure ic1101 is still much more massive than the Milky Way. But the discrepancy in mass is not as large as difference in the image size of the two glalxies might imply.
