John Herschel discovered NGC 7496 = h3973 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "B; L; lE; vgmbM; to a * 13m."
400/500mm - 17.5" (10/20/90): faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, brighter core. A mag 10.5 star is off the north end 1.8' from center! Located 32' W of mag 4.3 Theta Gruis (V = 4.3).
Notes by Steve Gottlieb