John Herschel discovered NGC 484 = h2406 on 28 Oct 1834 and logged "vB, S, lE, psmbM." His mean position from 2 observations is accurate.

600/800mm - 25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; bright, fairly small, oval 4:3 E-W, ~1.0'x0.7'. Sharply concentrated with a very bright nucleus that increases to a nearly stellar peak and a much fainter halo. A mag 15.1 star is barely off the southeast side and a mag 14.7 star is 1.7' WSW. Brightest in a group (LGG 019) with ESO 113-035 14' SW and NGC 466 30' SW (on a line).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb