Ngc4535 on Suburban Backyard Astro Sightshttps://hgastro.github.io/tags/ngc4535/Recent content in Ngc4535 on Suburban Backyard Astro SightsHugo -- gohugo.ioenhgastroblog@gmail.comhgastroblog@gmail.comAll images and content on this website © 2025 Howard GramsMon, 15 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000A field of galaxies near M49https://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-06-15-m49-and-neighbors/Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-06-15-m49-and-neighbors/<p>Here is an interesting field of galaxies in the constellation Virgo. The brightest is Messier 49, an elliptical galaxy. It is perhaps five times larger than our Milky Way galaxy and about 60 million light years distant. Since elliptical galaxies have no discernable structure, they just appear as fuzzy blobs.</p>