Sagittarius A* size and scale context

Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Event Horizon Telescope observations imaged the glowing material around it, resolving a radio source about 52 million kilometers across around a black hole of roughly 4.3 million solar masses. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

SunG-type main-sequence star·1.39 million km
Procyon AF-type subgiant star·2.84 million km
PolluxOrange giant star·12.5 million km
Sagittarius A*Supermassive black hole·24.5 million km
AldebaranRed giant branch star·62.8 million km

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