![A blurred/soft elliptical galaxy of stars at the center.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/m49.png?w=4096&format=png)
M49 – Ellipitcal Galaxy
This Hubble image of M49 was created using observations at infrared wavelengths. There is an X-ray source at the core of the galaxy, indicating that a supermassive black hole lurks at the center of M49. The estimated mass of this supermassive black hole is roughly 565 million times the mass of our sun.
Credits: NASA, ESA, STScI and J. Blakeslee (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory)
Image CreditNASA, ESA, STScI and J. Blakeslee (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory)
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