William Herschel discovered NGC 4066 = H III-392 = h1068* on 27 Apr 1785 (sweep 403) and "Six nebulae. The times and numbers belong to the three first (III-391, III-392 and III-393)..." His position was 2.6' SE of UGC 7051 = PGC 38161, a similar offset as NGC 4070 = H III-391. John Herschel observed this galaxy on 4 sweeps, first recording it on 24 Feb 1827 (sweep 59) and noted, "The third of 5." JH equated this nebula with his father's H III-391 and misassigned H III-392 to NGC 4069 = h1070.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/28/87): faint, small, round, strong bright core. In a tight trio with NGC 4060 2' WSW and NGC 4069 1.7' SSW. Also in the field are NGC 4065 7' S and NGC 4070 3.8' NNE.

600/800mm - 24" (3/22/14): moderately bright, fairly small, round, high surface brightness, strong concentration with a very bright nucleus that increases to the center. NGC 4070 is 3.7' NNE and a trio of galaxies are close southwest: NGC 4060 2.1' WSW, NGC 4069 1.7' SSW and NGC 4056? 3.4' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb