William Herschel discovered NGC 4845 = H II-536 = h1491 on 24 Feb 1786 (sweep 532) and recorded "pB, mE, about 2 1/2' l and 1' br; mbM." His position is pretty accurate. JH made the single observation "F; pL; E; has a * 30" dist, 45° sf, 12m." NGC 4910 = H V-3 may be a duplicate observation. See that number.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/28/87): very bright, very large, very elongated 3:1 E-W, bright core, mottled and dusty appearance (due to equatorial dust lane). A mag 11.5 star is north of the east edge 2.0' from center and a mag 13 star is 1.3' SSE of center. Located 12' NE of mag 7.0 SAO 11968.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb