Giant black holes are suspected be located at the center of spiral galaxies.

In our galaxy, it was observed that stars located near the center have elliptical trajectories that correspond to the presence of a mass at the focus of the ellipse.

Does anyone know what are the observational elements requiring that this mass must be a black hole?

Why could not it be, for example, a dense cloud of gas?

Thank you for any element of information.

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