John Herschel discovered NGC 7476 = h3970 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; S; R; 12"; makes an obtuse-angled triangle, with 2 st 7m at some distance." His position (measured on 2 sweeps) is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/20/90): very faint, fairly small, possibly oval N-S, bright core. Forms the southern vertex of an isosceles triangle with mag 7.7 SAO 231425 3' NW and mag 7.2 SAO 231432 4' NNE. Located 32' ENE of mag 4.3 Theta Gruis. This is an exceptionally far southern galaxy for viewing from Northern California.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb