John Herschel discovered NGC 626 = h2427 on 4 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF, S, R, bM, 15"." His position is accurate.
400/500mm - 18" (10/25/08): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, small bright core, very faint halo. NGC 630/ESO 297-008 lies 13.5' SSE.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb