John Herschel discovered NGC 4832 = h3446 on 5 Jun 1834 and recorded "pF; vS; R; sbM to a * 17m; pos from * 10m (distant 60") = 250.3°." His position is 1' northeast of ESO 323-051 and the description matches, but he made a typo in the GC and placed this galaxy one degree too far south. Dreyer copied this error into the NGC. MCG does not label this galaxy as NGC 4832. RNGC misclassifies this number as nonexistent.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/7/89): fairly faint, small, oval NW-SE, bright core. Located 7.6' ENE of mag 8 SAO 203967. Member of the Centaurus cluster (AGC 3526).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb