Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 4875 = Big. 65, along with NGC 4876, on 16 May 1885. His Comptes Rendus position is 1' north of CGCG 160-232 = PGC 44640.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/21/90): companion of NGC 4874 in the core of AGC 1656. Located 3.1' S of NGC 4874. Appears extremely faint and small, slightly elongated. Second of three and located between IC 3973 2.1' SW and NGC 4876 1.5' E. A mag 12 star is 2.7' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb