William Herschel discovered NGC 4779 = H III-106 = h1472 on 15 Apr 1784 (sweep 194) and logged "vF, pL, rather bM, r." CH's reduction is within 1.5' of UGC 8022. JH made two observations and measured a fairly accurate position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/28/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, broad concentration.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb