Galaxy Messier 49
Description: Galaxy M49 in Virgo. Not much to see in this image unfortunately. M49 is an E2 elliptical galaxy about 9 x 7 arc minutes in size. Glows at magnitude 9.4. The small galaxy to the right is NGC4470, 1.4 x 0.9 arc minutes, mag 13. Along the right edge is NGC4466, even smaller at 1.3 x 0.3 arc minutes, mag 14.4. Film: Hypered Kodak tech pan Scope: Celestron C14 at f7 Exposure: 40 Minutes, manually guided. Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta Date: January 4th, 1992

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