William Herschel discovered NGC 4180 = H II-133 = h1127 on 13 Apr 1784 (sweep 191) and noted "not vF, S, E, r." His position matches UGC 7219. NGC 4182 may be a duplicate observation (see Harold Corwin's identification notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/24/90): moderately bright, fairly small, pretty edge-on SSW-NNE, small bright nuclear bulge, stellar nucleus. NGC 4191 lies 15' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb