John Herschel discovered NGC 4980 = h3469 on 30 Mar 1835 and logged "eF; R; 30"." His position is just off the west side of ESO 443-075.
400/500mm - 18" (3/17/07): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.5', very weak concentration. A mag 11.5 star lies 1.8' WSW.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb