- "Now for the actual mass calculation. If a galaxy is pressure-supported (for example, and elliptical or dwarf spheroidal galaxy), its mass within the stellar extent can be estimated using a straightforward formula: $M_{1/2}=4\\sigma^2 R_{eff}/G$. There are caveats to the use of this formula for science - see Wolf et al. 2010 for details. For demonstrating `Quantity`, just accept that this is often good enough. For the calculation we can just multiply the quantities together, and `astropy` will keep track of the units."
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