William Herschel discovered NGC 4384 = H III-879 = h1243 on 2 Apr 1791 (sweep 1001) and logged "cF, S, iF." His position is 1' north of UGC 7506. This is an active galaxy with a UV excess.

400/500mm - 18" (3/30/05): moderately bright, fairly small, irregularly round, 0.8'x0.7'. Fairly well concentrated to a small, brighter core and a quasi-stellar nucleus with direct vision. Located 11' SW of mag 7.5 HD 108316.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb