Eduard Schönfeld discovered NGC 4383 on 23 May 1862 with a 6" Steinheil refractor. This galaxy is not listed in the GC (JH missed the discovery announcement in Schönfeld's "Beobachtungen von Nebelflecken und Sternhaufen") but Dreyer added it to the GSC (5644). Engelhardt measured an accurate micrometric position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/23/87): moderately bright, very small, bright stellar nucleus, small faint extensions SW-NE. A mag 12 star is 1.8' SW of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb