Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 4064 on 29 Dec 1861 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. His single position matches UGC 7054 and he accurately placed the mag 14 star 82" southwest. This is an unusually bright galaxy to have been missed by both Herschels.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/6/91): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 3'x1.5', large bright core but no nucleus, sharper light cut-off on the SW side due to dust. Two mag 14 stars are 1.6' SSW and 2.7' E of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb