by Ann » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:50 am
The stellar density at the centers of globular clusters have been discussed here at Starship Asterisk*. Admittedly the stellar density is different in different globulars, and it is clearly much higher in globulars like 47 Tucanae and M15 than it is in Omega Centauri or M13. What is, in fact, the stellar density in the innermost light-year of 47 Tucanae or M15?
But I would also be very interested in comparing the stellar density of a dense globular cluster with the center of the Milky Way. What is the stellar density in the central light-year of the Milky Way, if we manage to "subtract" the central black hole from that "stellar count"?
What is the average stellar density in the innermost ten light-years of the Milky Way? What is the average stellar density in the innermost one hundred light-years?
Ann
The stellar density at the centers of globular clusters have been discussed here at Starship Asterisk*. Admittedly the stellar density is different in different globulars, and it is clearly much higher in globulars like 47 Tucanae and M15 than it is in Omega Centauri or M13. What is, in fact, the stellar density in the innermost light-year of 47 Tucanae or M15?
But I would also be very interested in comparing the stellar density of a dense globular cluster with the center of the Milky Way. What is the stellar density in the central light-year of the Milky Way, if we manage to "subtract" the central black hole from that "stellar count"?
What is the average stellar density in the innermost ten light-years of the Milky Way? What is the average stellar density in the innermost one hundred light-years?
Ann