William Herschel discovered NGC 4331 = H III-942 = h1220 on 12 Dec 1797 (sweep 1068) and noted "eF, E near the meridian. Verified with 320x." CH's reduced position is 1.8' southeast of UGC 7449 and his description applies to this galaxy.

400/500mm - 18" (3/5/05): extremely faint, moderately large, edge-on 5:1 N-S. A mag 14-14.5 star is at the north tip and the galaxy appears as a ghostly dagger hanging to the south.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb