Rudolph Spitaler discovered IC 374 = Spitaler 4 on 28 Oct 1891 with the 27-inch refractor at the Vienna Observatory. His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/31/87): faint, extremely small, round, brighter core, possibly elongated ~E-W. Visible with direct vision at 220x. Located 3.2' NE of a mag 9 star. Two stars mag 11/12 7' E and 9' ENE are collinear with the mag 9 star. Located 48' W and 7' N Aldebarran. Appears almost stellar on the POSS.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb