Talk:Pictor

Issue with hook
Is it possible to update the `Did you know' section (October 20, 2012) of the English main page to no longer reflect that this cluster has `800 trillion stars' (~8e15 M_sun is the total mass according to the cited reference, but most of that is dark matter so the assertion is bogus).

Thanks for catching that. -Fjozk (talk) 00:47, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

The statement, "with a mass equivalent to approximately 800 trillion suns," does not mean is has "800 trillion stars" that each weigh the equivalent of our sun? We can't count the number of stars, we can however calculate the mass of the system. The latter was done, the former was, unfortunately, featured on the main page, and is neither verifiable nor sourced. It's also probably not true. -Fjozk (talk) 00:47, 21 October 2012 (UTC)