William Herschel discovered NGC 2435 = H II-616 on 26 Oct 1786 (sweep 628) and noted "F, S, lbM." His position is 2' northwest of UGC 3996 = PGC 21676.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/1/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE. The halo is evenly concentrated down to a small bright core containing a stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star is 1.2' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb