Madeline Horn edited In_order_to_find_out__.tex  over 8 years ago

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In order to find out the percentage of stellar mass in a galaxy, I took the average M/L ratio of the stellar mass (1.61) ($1.61$)  and divided it by the average of the M/L ratio of the galaxy mass (19.99) ($19.99$)  and multiplied it by 100. $100$.  This gave me a result of: $8.05\%$ of the galaxies mass is composed of stellar mass. That number seems extremely small given that there are billions of stars. So, the next question is: where could the rest of the mass be coming from?