| Type |
Location |
r.a. |
dec. |
Size |
Magnitude |
Distance |
| Galaxy |
Virgo |
12h29.8 |
+08°00' |
8.9' x 7.4' |
8.6 |
49 Mly |
Messier 49 (also known as M 49 or NGC 4472) is an elliptical galaxy
located about 49 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo.
The foreground star close to
the galaxy core is Mag 13.
Other galaxies visible (see finder chart below): NGC 4467, NGC 4465,
NGC 4464, NGC 4470, NGC 4492.
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| Date |
Telescope |
Binning |
Exp Time (s) |
Special processing |
Notes |
| May 2, 2006 |
Centurion
18" |
L 1:1
RGB 3:3 |
L 3x300
R,G,B 300 |
Max Entropy, LRGB, DDP |
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