William Herschel discovered NGC 4195 = H III-796 on 17 Apr 1789 (sweep 923) and simply noted "eF". His position is 2.7' northwest of UGC 7244 (only galaxy nearby).

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/13/88): extremely faint, fairly small, very diffuse, round, averted only. Collinear with two mag 14 stars to the NW. NGC 4199 lies 18' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb