The system is a strong radio transmitter. At magnitude 10.5 a reasonable telescope and dark skies are needed to see this. The rat tails are not visible in telescopes. NGC 4782 and NGC 4783 are also two small elliptical galaxies in contact. The similar components with bright centres, appear in a field sprinkled thinly with faint stars.
Photographs show diffuse material connecting the galaxies.
At magnitude 11.7 a reasonable telescope and dark skies are needed for viewing these galaxies. NGC 4361 is a planetary nebula with a visible central star. Only the central star can be seen in small telescopes, but larger telescopes will show the haze surrounding the star. An OIII filter effects a small improvement. Virgo lies the famous Sombrero galaxy, M 104 .