William Herschel discovered NGC 4927 = H III-364 on 11 Apr 1785 (sweep 396) and simply noted "vF". His position is poor but d'Arrest's position (used in the) matches CGCG 160-105 = PGC 44945.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/28/90): very faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S, very small bright core. A mag 15 star is at the north edge 25" from center and a mag 13 star is 1.4' NE. CGCG 160-101 lies 6' NNW. Located 24' E of NGC 4889 in AGC 1656.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb