William Herschel discovered NGC 4765 = H III-544 = h1467 on 17 Apr 1786 (sweep 553) and noted "vF, vS." JH made the single observation "pB; S; R: gbM; 20"." Both positions are reasonably accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/4/92): moderately bright but fairly small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 1.2'x0.9', broad concentration with no nucleus, fairly high surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb