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M49

NGC 4472

Constellation
Virgo
Shape
Elliptical
Magnitude
8.4
Size
8.9′
Position
12h 30m, +8.0°
Distance
52.8 ± 2.3 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M49

Further info

NASA: Messier 49

NED: M49

SIMBAD: M49

Wikipedia: Messier 49

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M49, NGC 4472
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Blakenslee, P Cote et al.