Rudolph Spitaler discovered IC 834 = Spitaler 58, along with IC 835, 837 and 838, on 24 Feb 1892. His description reads, "Faint nebula, but slightly brighter than Nova 57 [IC 832], 45" diameter, star-like nucleus.". His position was ~1.5' too far south (same error as IC 835), so there was likely an error in the position of his offset star.

600/800mm - 24" (6/3/19): at 322x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 25"x20", fairly high surface brightness, stellar nucleus. IC 835 lies 11' NE. Member of the Coma Galaxy Cluster (AGC 1656).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb