Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 4629 on 19 Feb 1863 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. There is nothing at his position (measured only this night).

Reinmuth describes NGC 4629 as a pair of mag 14 stars at 0.7' distance. These two stars are 4' due south of d'Arrst's position, and a plausible candidate, though I would think would be too easily resolved. RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent and NGC 4629 is not plotted on the first edition of the Uranometria 2000.0 Sky Atlas. Harold Corwin identifies NGC 4629 = UGC 7869 = PGC 42692, located 27' due north of d'Arrest's position. UGC, MCG and CGCG do not identify this galaxy as NGC 4629, although NED, HyperLeda and the NGC/IC Project use this identification.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/22/93): faint, round, 1.2' diameter, low surface brightness, weak concentration, diffuse halo. Forms a pair with UGC 7883 10' NE. Gamma Virgo = Porrima is just out of the field 15' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb