Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 634 = St VIIIa-6 on 26 Oct 1876 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory and logged "eF, eS, sev F* inv". His position matches UGC 1164 = PGC 6059.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/23/89): faint, small, very elongated ~N-S. A mag 15 star is at the west edge. Located 2' ENE of mag 7.7 SAO 54855.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb