| Name | Hickson Compact Group 62 |
| Designation(s) | NGC 4761, NGC 4764, NGC 4776, NGC 4778 |
| Object Type(s) | Galaxy |
| Relevant Catalog(s) | All (Chron), NGC |
| Obs. Lat/Long | 42° 17', 073° 57' |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Date and Time Observed | 2025-05-26 22:34:00 |
| Instrument | EdgeHD 8" w/f7 reducer-1,422mm FL |
| Camera | Player One Apollo-M Mini |
| Image Details | Up is 89.7 degrees E of N. Transparency: Fair. Seeing: Good. Total integration time was 25m15s. Exposures 15s@300g, UV/IR Cut Filter. Dithered and recentered in SharpCap. No guiding. |
| Description | First capture of the night, a galaxy cluster just post-meridian at 20° elevation and descending. Otherwise good transparency was converted to fair by the low angle. NGC 4778 -- the lower of pair -- appears to be merging with NGC 4776. The inverted view -- which shows the extended halos more clearly than the positive view -- suggests that NGC 4761 (slighly below and left of 4778) is interacting with them as well. The big, round object to the right of the merging pair is a Milky Way star, so bright it seems to have a galactic halo. But the smaller circle to the right, and slightly lower, with a faint halo is the galaxy NGC 4764. |
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