Galaxy
NGC 4762 (NGC4762)
In Virgo (Vir) • Magnitude 10.2 • 8.3 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with NGC 4762 pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Edge-on lenticular galaxy in Virgo.
NGC 4762 at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 4762 |
| Type | Galaxy |
| Constellation | Virgo (Vir) |
| Right ascension | 12h 52m 56s |
| Declination | +11° 13' 51" |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.20 |
| Surface brightness | 24.3 mag/arcsec² |
| Angular size | 8.3 × 3.5 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 56° |
| Best imaging months | Mar, Apr, May |
How to image NGC 4762
NGC 4762 sits in the constellation Virgo at right ascension 12h 52m 56s and declination +11° 13' 51". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window. As a galaxy, NGC 4762 needs the darkest skies you can find: surface brightness, not just apparent magnitude, drives whether it will lift out of the gradient.