John Herschel discovered NGC 1534 = h2623 on 26 Dec 1834 and recorded "F, S, R. Has a vS star following. Distance 1.5x radius of nebula (by diagram)." His position and description matches ESO 084-006 = PGC 14547.

600/800mm - 24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, 0.8'x0.4'. A mag 13.7 star is at the SE edge, 25" from center and mag 8.9 HD 26524 is 6.6' NW. Forms a wide pair with fainter NGC 1529 11.6' SW. Located 43' WSW of mag 3.3 Alpha Reticuli. Images show a dust lane on the south side.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb