Talk:MY Camelopardalis

I am curious, on the MY Camelopardalis page it says one star is 32 solar masses, and the other is 38 solar masses. The article says they'll combine to form a single star of about 60 solar masses. If they merge/combine, where does the extra 10 solar masses go? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CedarDg (talk • contribs) 21:05, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BANG!!! Lithopsian (talk) 17:03, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Black hole?[edit]

Is there a chance that a black hole forms, when both stars merge? --Blutgretchen (talk) 19:08, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not expected. 60 M_☉ stars are entirely stable, more likely to shed mass than to collapse. There would need to be some overwhelming force to squash them into a black hole. Of course in another few million years when they run out of material to burn, the core will collapse and very possibly form a black hole. Lithopsian (talk) 17:03, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]