Galaxy Mass - How much is stellar/gas?

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SteveDC

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Oct 29, 2015

Hi, ignoring Dark Matter, I was wondering on average what portion of a galaxies mass is stars and what portion is gas.

I am guessing it fluctuates with redshift so for arguments sake let's say we are only talking about galaxies at z~0.5

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Oct 29, 2015

This might be helpful https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March05/Read/Read5.html - THE BARYONIC MASS FUNCTION OF FIELD GALAXIES.

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