John Herschel discovered NGC 7484 = h3971 = h3972 on 30 Aug 1834 and recorded "pB; S; R; gbM; attached to, or not much separated from, a * 8m just south of neb, 60" dist." His position (for h3971) is 1.0 min of RA too small. He observed this galaxy on 3 additional sweeps, recording the position accurately under h3972and noted the probable RA error with h3971.. The two entries were combined in the GC and NGC.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/20/90): fairly faint, small, round, bright core. Located just 1' N of mag 9.9 SAO 214317 and 3.8' W of mag 9.8 SAO 214322! Very close to the Sculptor, Pisces Austrinus and Grus border.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb