John Herschel discovered NGC 4075 = h1074 on 14 Apr 1828 and noted "F; S; R." His position was 6 sec of RA west of CGCG 013-064 = PGC 38216. David Todd found the galaxy again on 27 Dec 1877 during his search for a trans-Neptunian planet and reported it as object 11 in his 1885 AN paper.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/10/86): fairly faint, fairly small, almost round, stellar nucleus. Located 11' NNE of NGC 4073 within a group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb