Oh I just meant that amount of metal for some (entirely made up) stars would already be pretty metal. The sort of astro out of an Asimov joke story.

But as the black hole approached, Hieronymus noted there was no gravitational effect. He studied it more closely and announced, with a chuckle, that it was not a black hole after all.

“It’s nothing,” he said. “Just an ordinary asteroid someone has painted black.”