William Herschel discovered NGC 4332 = H II-847 = h1216 on 20 Mar 1790 (sweep 954) and logged "pB; S; lE." JH recorded (single observation) 'F; R; vgbM; 20"." and measured an accurate position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/20/93): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, weak concentration. A mag 11.5 star is 2.1' ENE of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb