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Elliptical Galaxy · M49

M49 — NGC 4472

M49 was the first galaxy discovered in the Virgo Cluster, found by Charles Messier in 1771. It is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster and one of the most luminous elliptical galaxies within 100 million light-years. It contain

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