John Herschel discovered NGC 7004 = h3849 on 2 Oct 1834 and recorded "eF; R; lbM; has a * 11m 60 seconds following on parallel." His position and description matches ESO 235-046 = PGC 66019.

600/800mm - 30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.3', contains a bright, elongated core. A mag 13 star lies 1.3' E and a 16th magnitude star is barely off the WSW tip. Forms a pair with brighter NGC 7002 5.8' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb