William Herschel discovered NGC 4415 = H III-482 on 28 Dec 1785 (sweep 498) and simply noted "eF". His position (CH's reduction) is just 3 sec of RA too small.
400/500mm - 17.5" (3/24/90): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, weak concentration. A mag 13.5 star is 2.4' NNW of center.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb