William Herschel discovered NGC 4514 = H III-302 = h1320 on 13 Mar 1785 (sweep 387) and noted "eF, vS". JH made two observations and called this galaxy (sweep 342) "vF; R; bM; 15"."

400/500mm - 18" (5/30/03): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, weak concentration with no noticeable core. A mag 14 star lies 1.5' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb