Elliptical galaxy M49
M49 (NGC 4472) is by some measures the optically brightest galaxy in the Virgo
cluster (about 60 million light-years away), slightly outshining
M87. It lies in a subclump of the cluster about
4 degrees south of the cluster center. This pseudocolor image is from a
red-light CCD frame taken with the
Lowell Observatory
1.1-meter telescope
(actually, it was taken to calibrate some narrow-band filters on a galaxy
with no detectable H-alpha emission).
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