Albert Marth discovered NGC 7034 = m 436, along with NGC 7033, on 17 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, vS, R." His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/1/89): very faint, small, slightly elongated, weak concentration, very faint stellar nucleus. Close pair with NGC 7033 1.6' S.

600/800mm - 24" (6/30/16): at 322x; moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, 30"x24", well concentrated with a small bright nucleus. A mag 10.8 star is 1.4' NW. NGC 7034 is the slightly larger of a similar pair with NGC 7033 1.6' SSW. Located just east of the border of Delphinus into Pegasus.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb