William Herschel discovered NGC 4816 = H II-383 = h1481 on 11 Apr 1785 (sweep 396) and noted "F, pL." His position is 10 sec of time west of UGC 8057. JH made a single observation and his position is further off -- 15 seconds of time too far west.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/14/94): fairly faint, small, elongated 4:3 E-W, brighter core, diffuse halo. Confusing appearance at low power as a mag 13.7 star is close off the NE edge 34" from center creating the appearance of elongation. Also forms a close pair with CGCG 160-023 1.8' ENE. The three objects are well resolved at 280x. This member of AGC 1656 is located 14' E of mag 8 SAO 82565.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb