John Herschel discovered NGC 4334 = h1218 on 24 Apr 1830. His single observation reads "pF; R; S; close to a star [on the south side]" and his position is very accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/24/90): faint, very small, small bright core, faint extensions NW-SE. A mag 11.5 star is just 0.7' SSE of center. NGC 4365 lies 18' SE. The IC 3256/NGC 4343 group is located 30' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb