William Herschel discovered NGC 4034 = H III-903 on 6 Apr 1793 (sweep 1036) and noted "eF, S, iF, vlbM." CGCG misidentifies this galaxy (CGCG 334-058) as NGC 4043.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/29/89): extremely faint, small, very low surface brightness. A mag 14 star is 30" off the NW edge. Located 9.5' NE of mag 7.3 SAO 15686.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb