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Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar over 'Little Red Dots'

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  1. jahnu · · focus · HN ↗
    One thing worth noting is our popular notion of what a star seems to be is quite different from what astronomers have.

    One example, Canis Majoris has a radius of about 1420 solar radii. But its mass is roughly 17±8 times the mass of the Sun and therefore an average density of 5.33 to 8.38 mg/m3. “It is over 100.000 times less dense than Earth’s atmosphere at sea level.”

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;VY_Canis_Majoris" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;VY_Canis_Majoris

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nineplanets.org&#x2F;vy-canis-majoris&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nineplanets.org&#x2F;vy-canis-majoris&#x2F;

    1. dpriddle · · focus · HN ↗
      Yes and no. It’s fluffy on the outside, but at the core it’s likely denser than our sun.
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