William Herschel discovered NGC 4763 = H III-489 on 31 Dec 1785 (sweep 503) and recorded "vF, S, lbM." Not observed by JH. His position is 9 sec of time preceding and 1' north of MCG -03-33-013 = PGC 43792.

400/500mm - 18" (4/29/06): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 1.0'x0.8', broad concentration. A mag 11.5 star lies 2.5' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb