Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4754  ·  NGC 4762
NGC4762 GX SBO Vir 8.7' x 10.1M  - "The Flapping Bird Lenticular", John Jennings
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NGC4762 GX SBO Vir 8.7' x 10.1M - "The Flapping Bird Lenticular"

NGC4762 GX SBO Vir 8.7' x 10.1M  - "The Flapping Bird Lenticular", John Jennings
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NGC4762 GX SBO Vir 8.7' x 10.1M - "The Flapping Bird Lenticular"

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Looks like a bird flapping its wing while turning towards NGC4754. Maybe a bird of prey...

HISTORY       1   Stacking method SIGMA CLIP AVERAGE                                  
HISTORY       2   De-mosaic bayer pattern used RGGB                                   
HISTORY       3   Colour conversion: Bilinear interpolation interpolation.            
EXPTIME     = 13800. / Total luminance exposure time in seconds.      
SET-TEMP    = -5. / Set temperature used for luminance.            
LUM_EXP     = 600. / Average luminance exposure time.               
LUM_CNT     = 23. / Luminance images combined.                     
LUM_DARK    = 40. / Darks used for luminance.                      
LUM_FLAT    = 40. / Flats used for luminance.                      
LUM_BIAS    = 40. / Flat-darks used for luminance.

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NGC4762 GX SBO Vir 8.7' x 10.1M  - "The Flapping Bird Lenticular", John Jennings