Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 478 = LM 2-302 in 1886 with the 26" refractor of the Leander McCormick Observatory. His position is just 14 sec of RA east of ESO 476-003 = PGC 4803.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/20/95): very faint, very small, round, 30" diameter, low even surface brightness. Situated between two mag 13.5-14 stars ~1.5' S and a similar star 1.2' NNW. ESO 476-G5 lies 30' SE (picked up first sweeping in the region).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb