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 | | M49 (NGC 4472) is by some measures the optically brightest galaxy in the Virgo cluster, slightly outshining M87. |
 | | Elliptical galaxy M49, of type E4 in the constellation Virgo, is one of the more prominent member galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, although perhaps less well known than M87, M86 or M84. |
 | | As a typical elliptical galaxy, it has almost no gas or dust between its stars and shows no evidence of recent star formation. |
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