900/1200mm - 48" (5/15/12): at 488x this blue, dwarf irregular companion to M49 appeared very faint, fairly small, elongated patch, ~0.5'x0.3' N-S, with a very low surface brightness and no concentration. Appeared fainter than the listed magnitude. Located 5.4' SE of the center of M49. A mag 12.5 star is 50" E. This Arp "fragment" has been disrupted by M49 with H I gas stripped in a tidal tail.