William Herschel discovered NGC 4422 = H III-114 = h1265 on 25 Apr 1784 (sweep 207) and recorded "Two very small stars with nebulosity. 240 rather confirmed it, but there is too much moonlight to see it perfectly. It makes a vS nebula." On a later sweep (706) he logged "vF, vS, stellar" and measured an accurate position.

400/500mm - 18" (5/8/04): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter. Symmetric appearance as this round galaxy increases steadily to a small brighter core and stellar nucleus.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb