William Herschel discovered NGC 4541 = H III-493 = h1342 on 1 Jan 1786 (sweep 507) and noted "eF, S, irregular." His position (CH's reduction) is 3' too far south. JH made a single observation but did measure an accurate position. The NGC dec is 1.5' south (apparently this position is from Holden) of UGC 7749. The RNGC position is 6' too far south!

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/21/90): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated E-W, weak concentration.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb