| M49 (NGC4472) / Galaxy, type E2 |
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| R.A. | 12h 29m 46.5s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +07° 59' 58" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 2.8×1.8' |
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| Radial Velocity | +1204km/s |
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| Magnitude | 8.6 |
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| Distance | 53 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | Virgo Cluster |
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| Other IDs | UGC7629,MCG1-32-83
PGC41220 |
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Around the center of the constellation of Virgo, M49 is a member elliptic galaxy of The Virgo Cluster in where the galaxy is positioned at fairly southern part.
You can appreciate the galaxy fairly clearly because of its brightness of 8.6.
And diameter of the galaxy can be classed under considerably larger ones, only small telescopes can show you M49 as an elliptic light stretched toward north-south direction.
M49 is estimated about 41 millions light years away.
A tiny galaxy in 15 arc minutes ENE of M49 is NGC4492, another barred one in north of it has an ID of NGC4488.
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