John Herschel discovered NGC 576 = h2417 on 3 Oct 1834 and logged "F; S; R; bM; among 5 or 6 stars 11m." His position and description matches ESO 196-007 = PGC 5535.

600/800mm - 25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 244x and 397x; moderately bright, fairly small, 30" diameter. Sharply concentrated with an elongated bar oriented NW-SE containing a faint stellar nucleus. The outer halo has an extremely low surface brightness. Situated along the north side of a pentagon of mag 11.3-14 stars. Located 7.6' SE of mag 7.7 HD 9195 and 19' ESE of mag 7.5 HD 8926.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb