Astronomy Adventure – M49

Messier 49 is one of the brighter galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. As an elliptical galaxy, it appears in even the best photographs as not much more than a fuzzy blob.

Taken with NightCap Pro. Long Exposure mode, 20.05 second exposure.

Technical details:
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
Magnification: ~30x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCap Pro;
ISO 8000; 20 second exposure;