Albert Marth discovered NGC 476 = m 44 on 3 Nov 1864 with Lassell's 48" on Malta. He logged it as "eF, vS, stellar" and his position is a close match with PGC 4814.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/4/93): very faint, very small, 20" diameter, weakly concentrated core. Located just east of distinctive 13' string of six mag 12-13 stars oriented NW-SE including a mag 13 star 3' NW and a mag 11.5 star 3.5' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb