John Herschel discovered NGC 4687 = h1430 on 11 Mar 1831 and logged "vF; R; psbM; 15".". His single position is accurate.

400/500mm - 16" LX200 (4/14/07): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, 0.5'x0.4', slightly brighter quasi-stellar nucleus. Forms the SW vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 13 stars 5.7' NE and 5.8' ENE. NGC 4711 lies 17' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb