William Herschel discovered NGC 4429 = H II-65 = h1271 on 15 Mar 1784 (sweep 174) and logged "pB, not vS." His position is 40 sec of RA east of UGC 7568 (a similar error as a number of objects in the sweep). On sweep 191, JH recorded "B; L; pmE; psbM; has a *10m nf, 1' distance." He was uncertain if this was his father's object and noted "Nova, or II 65" in the Slough catalogue.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/18/87): very bright, fairly large, very bright core, stellar nucleus, faint extensions E-W. Located 2.0' SSW of a mag 9.5 star. Mag 9.2 HD 108453 lies 5' SSE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb