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How does the black hole in the Milky Way compare in mass with the black hole in M87?
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Milky Way Galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy as seen from Earth.
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*, has a mass equivalent to approximately 4 million times that of the Sun.123
In comparison, the supermassive black hole located at the center of the M87 galaxy is significantly more massive, with a mass equal to 6.5 billion times that of the Sun. While both are supermassive black holes, the black hole in M87 is more than 1,600 times more massive than the one at the center of our own galaxy.4251