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Paul
I Observed NGC 4762 back in May 2010. I remember it was a very nice sight. Here is the report I wrote back then
Observing Report 13/5/10
All observations made using Dobsonion mounted 305mm Newtonian reflector at f/5. Eyepieces use are 32mm (47x) 24mm Panoptic (67x) 13mm Nagler T6 (115x) or 13mm Nagler with Barlow (230x)
Charts - Uranometria 2000 (2nd ed.) Data derived from Uranometria (2nd ed) Deep Sky Field Guide.
Observations 13/5. Seeing very good, transparency fair, however some intermittent clouds formed at various times interrupting observing.
NGC 4762 and NGC 4754 Pair of Galaxies in Virgo (Hartung 496)
NGC 4762 RA 12 52 55.3 Dec +11 13 39 Mag(V) 10.3 Dim’ 8.7x1.7 SB 13.1 Class SB(r)0o?sp Ringed Barred Lenticular
NGC 4754 RA 12 52 17.2 Dec +11 18 42 Mag(V) 10.6 Dim’ 4.6x2.5 SB 13.1 Class SB(r)o- Ringed Barred Lenticular
Locate Epsilon Virginis by naked eye. Move 2.5deg to Np to a mag 6 star visible in finder. A mag 6.5 star lies about 1deg to south. Scan area about 30’ Sp for glowing patches. Larger galaxy on f side of field is NGC 4762 which is bracketed by faint star on f and p sides probably about mag 9 and 9.5. Extended spindle like glow which if probably created by the prominent bar.
NGC 4754 is smaller and fainter located on f side of field. Still easily seen due to a fairly bright core. Both fit within field at 115x.
Malcolm
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