Galaxy · Virgo

Messier 49

M49 · NGC 4472

Not above the horizon after darkRises 05:48 · not up after dark

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Where is Messier 49?

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Below the horizon after dark tonight in Virgo. Rises 05:48.

From London tonight, Messier 49 isn’t above the horizon while the sky is dark. It rises at 05:48 and sets at 19:17, in daylight or twilight.

At magnitude 8.3, with its light spread out, it needs a telescope and a dark sky.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Not visible

Too faint to see by eye.

A soft, gray glow, brighter toward the center.

A brighter core in a faint glow. Spiral arms show only in long-exposure photos.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Messier 49 (M49) is a galaxy in Virgo, with a total brightness of magnitude 8.3 and an apparent size of 10′.

Sources: OpenNGC (CC BY-SA 4.0); star chart: Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences