William Herschel discovered NGC 4275 = H II-376 = h1184 on 11 Apr 1785 (sweep 396) and noted "pF, S, almost R, bM." JH made two observations and noted on sweep 417, "F; lE; near a * 15m."

400/500mm - 18" (5/30/03): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, brighter core, fairly high surface brightness. A mag 13 star lies 1.1' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb