ESO 296-012, located 5.7' N, appeared faint to fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 30"x15", low nearly even surface brightness, faint extensions. The major axis is perpendicular and points to NGC 482.

The interacting pair VV 578 = ESO 296-011 lies 17' SSW. It appeared faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2, ~24"x18". I was too tired at the end of a long night to use high power for resolving the components.

John Herschel discovered NGC 482 = h2405 on 23 Oct 1835 and logged "eF, lE, 20". A difficult object but certain after long attention with the left eye." His position is 1' S of ESO 296-013 = PGC 4823.

600/800mm - 25" (10/16/17 - OzSky): at 244x; very nice thin edge-on, elongated at least 6:1 E-W, ~1.5'x0.25'. Contains a slightly bulging core and very narrow tips. Slightly brighter along a thin strip of the major axis. Located 13' W of mag 8.6 HD 8283.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb