Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 4847 on 19 Apr 1882. The NGC position matches PGC 44464 and the description mentions "*9 p 40 sec on parallel", which confirms this identification. Dreyer references Tempel's fifth discovery list, which includes several nearby objects, but I can't find a reference to NGC 4847.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/11/88): extremely faint and small or stellar. This galaxy hides on the SW side of mag 13.5-14 star which makes detection very difficult and just suspected several times. Located 10' E of a mag 9 star (double star 8.8/9.0 at 2" separation).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb