William Herschel discovered NGC 4880 = H III-83 = h1503 on 12 Apr 1784 (sweep 189) and noted "vF, S, irr, resolvable." JH's mean position (two sweeps) matches UGC 8109.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/4/92): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 3.0'x2.0', broad weak concentration with no core or nucleus, fairly low surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb