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Messier 49

May 4, 2021

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Charles Messier discovered M49, the first galaxy discovered in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, in 1771https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-catalog/messier-49/. M49 is an elliptical galaxy largely devoid of features and structure 60 million light years away in the Virgo Constellation.

 

Its diameter spans 160,000 light years—substantially larger than the Milky Way—and more than 6,000 globular clusters orbit it (the Milky Way has around 200 globular clusters in orbit around it). The supermassive black hole at its center is almost 150 times as massive as the black hole, Sagitarrius A*, at the center of the Milky Way.

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Northern

Hemisphere:

Constellations
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Celestron 1100 EdgeHD
Telescope
Finder Chart

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Total integration: 4h 30m


Integration per filter:

- Optolong L-Pro: 6h 30m (90 × 180")


Coordinates: 12h 29m 45.1s · +7° 55′ 58″


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Location:

Back yard in North Dallas

Camera:

ZWO ASI2400MC-Pro

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