Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 860 = St VI-4 on 18 Sep 1871 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory and logged "*13 in F neb". His position matches CGCG 504-037 = PGC 8606.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/26/94): very faint, extremely small, round, 10"-15" diameter. With direct vision the small halo disappears and a tiny core with a stellar nucleus is visible. A mag 15 star lies 1.9' SSE. Located 9' ENE of mag 7.4 SAO 55373.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb