William Herschel discovered NGC 4748 = H III-537 = h1459 on 27 Mar 1786 (sweep 548) and noted " vF, vS, iF." His position is less than 1' south of MCG -02-33-034 = PGC 43643. JH's position is at the northeast edge of the galaxy.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/16/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, very small bright core. Located 3' NNW of a mag 10 star. Pair with similar NGC 4722 11' NW. Appears double on the POSS with smaller component at the north side.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb