William Herschel discovered NGC 4600 = H II-577 = h1379 on 30 Apr 1786 (sweep 558) and logged "F, S, between 2 B stars; making a triangle with them." JH noted "F; S; R; precedes 2 stars 8-9 mag." Both descriptions and positions match UGC 7832.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/21/90): moderately bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 SW-NE, small bright core. Forms the west vertex of a right triangle with mag 8.8 SAO 119527 3.5' E and mag 8.6 SAO 119525 2.9' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb