M49 is set apart from the Virgo cluster galaxies. This 8.4 magnitude elliptical is sandwiched between a pair of 6th magnitude stars 4.4 degrees south of M87. Omicron (9) Virginis, 4th magnitude, resides about 6 degrees to the west-northwest. At 190X, The 10-inch Starfinder presents M49 as a 3'.6x3' oval aligned roughly northwest-southeast. Its stellar core is embedded within a gradually brightening nebulosity. A 13th magnitude GSC star shines just 1' east of the core. Of the other four field stars in my sketch, the brightest simmers at 12th magnitude 6' southeast of M49. NGC 4470, a 12.4 magnitude spiral galaxy, is just beyond the field of view, 10' to the southwest.