RE: Ultra Massive Black Holes......
February 1, 2019 at 2:24 pm
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2019 at 2:27 pm by Anomalocaris.)
While there is no doubt that nothing about our star or our galaxy is truly extraordinary, suggesting the universe might be created for us, it should also be kept in mind that neither our star nor our galaxy are truly average either.
To be precisely both our sun and the Milky Way are much nearer to the massive end of their respective classes of objects.
It is true the most massive stars is several hundred times more massive than the sun while the smallest stars are only 1/10 the mass of the sun. But in terms of total number of stars the number of stars more massive than the sun is very small compared to number of stars that are less massive. If we sort the Stars by mass, perhaps only 5-10% of the stars would be more massive than the sun, while 90% would be less massive.
Similarvr elationship applies for the Milky Way. Yes, IC1101 May be several hundred times more massive than the Milky Way. But amongst all the galaxies Milky Way likely resides in the top 1% of all glalxies in mass. Less than 1 in every 100 glalxies would be more massive than the Milky Way. At least 99 out of every 100 galaxies would be less massive than the Milky Way.
So compared to all stars in the Milky Way,, the sun is a relatively massive star. Compared to all galaxies in the visible universe, the Milky Way is a very massive galaxy.
To be precisely both our sun and the Milky Way are much nearer to the massive end of their respective classes of objects.
It is true the most massive stars is several hundred times more massive than the sun while the smallest stars are only 1/10 the mass of the sun. But in terms of total number of stars the number of stars more massive than the sun is very small compared to number of stars that are less massive. If we sort the Stars by mass, perhaps only 5-10% of the stars would be more massive than the sun, while 90% would be less massive.
Similarvr elationship applies for the Milky Way. Yes, IC1101 May be several hundred times more massive than the Milky Way. But amongst all the galaxies Milky Way likely resides in the top 1% of all glalxies in mass. Less than 1 in every 100 glalxies would be more massive than the Milky Way. At least 99 out of every 100 galaxies would be less massive than the Milky Way.
So compared to all stars in the Milky Way,, the sun is a relatively massive star. Compared to all galaxies in the visible universe, the Milky Way is a very massive galaxy.
