Messier Index/M49

Messier 49Jensen, Joseph B.; Tonry, John L.; Barris, Brian J.; Thompson, Rodger I.; Liu, Michael C.; Rieke, Marcia J.; Ajhar, Edward A.; Blakeslee, John P. Measuring Distances and Probing the Unresolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies Using Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations Astrophysical Journal February 2003 583 2 712–726 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...583..712J 10.1086/345430 250px|center Messier 49 w:J2000 Virgo 12 29 46.7NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Results for NGC 4472 http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ 2006-09-26 +08 00 02 9.4 E2, w:LINER NGC 4472, UGC 7629, PGC 41220, Arp 134 Messier 49 (also known as M 49 or NGC 4472) is an elliptical / w:lenticular galaxy about 49 million w:light-years away in the w:constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by w:Charles Messier in w:1771.K. G. Jones 1991 Messier's Nebulae and Star Clusters 2nd Cambridge University Press Cambridge 0-521-37079-5 Supernovae The only w:supernova observed within this galaxy is w:SN 1969Q.NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Results for supernova search near name "NGC 4472" http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ 2007-02-12 The supernova was discovered in June 1969. R. Barbon, E. Cappellaro, F. Ciatti, M. Turatto, C. T. Kowal A revised supernova catalogue Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 1984 58 735–750 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984A&AS...58..735B Companion galaxies w:NGC 4467 forms a visual pair with Messier 49February 2007. Virgo Cluster membership Messier 49 is the brightest member of the w:Virgo Cluster.A. Sandage, J. Bedke 1994 Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington, D.C. 0-87279-667-1 The galaxy is located at the center of one of the subclusters within the Virgo Cluster. External links SEDS: Elliptical Galaxy M49 Black hole found in a star cluster in M49 References