William Herschel discovered NGC 4834 = H III-817 = h1488 on 26 Apr 1789 (sweep 929) and noted "cF, S, iF." CH's reduced position is 1' north of CGCG 270-034 = PGC 44136. JH logged "eF; R S; bM."

400/500mm - 18" (6/27/03): faint, small, slightly elongated, 0.5'x0.4'. Forms the east vertex of an equilateral triangle with two mag 12/12.5 stars 4' SW and 4' WNW. Either contains a very faint stellar nucleus or a faint star may be superimposed.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb