Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 4918 = LM 2-457 in 1886 and noted "mag 15.7, 0.1' dia, R, bMN, GC 3366 [= NGC 4915] sp 4'." His position matches PGC 44934, though the separation to NGC 4915 is 6'.

400/500mm - 18" (6/4/05): extremely faint, small, elongated 3:2? Requires averted and only glimpsed intermittently. A mag 10.8 star 1.8' NNW detracts from viewing. Located 6' NE of NGC 4915.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb