William Herschel discovered NGC 4199 = H III-797 on 17 Apr 1789 (sweep 923) and noted "eF, S." His position is 17 tsec west and 4' north of UGC 7253 = PGC 39135. He observed this object again on 19 Mar 1790 (sweep 953) and his position (with respect to NGC 4036) was ~25 tsec too large.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/13/88): very faint, very small. A mag 15 star is involved at the north end just 16" from center and a mag 16 "star" is involved at the east end 24" from the center. NGC 4195 lies 18' SSW. A later check on the POSS revealed the mag 16 star I recorded is an extremely faint and small galaxy (VV 183b)! NGC 4199 is the brightest galaxy in AGC 1507.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb