John Herschel discovered NGC 893 = h2474 on 23 Oct 1835 and logged "Not vF, R, pgbM, 35", has a star 9th mag following 4' distance." His position (two sweeps) and description matches ESO 298-029 = PGC 8888.

600/800mm - 30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 429x): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 4:3 NW-SE, 1.2'x0.9', broad concentration to a small, brighter core. Located 3.2' WSW of mag 8.6 HD 14575.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb