John Herschel discovered NGC 967 = h2484 on 10 Nov 1835 and noted "pF, S, R, pgmbM, 25"." The following October he called it "eF, irregularly round, lbM." His position matches ESO 545-031 = PGC 9654.

WH made an unpublished observation on 6 Oct 1785 (sweep 459), recording "a patch apparently nebulous; but may be only a few stars." His re-reduced position is 4.5' due south of this galaxy. He didn't return on a later sweep to verify this observation so it didn't receive an internal number or H-designation.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/29/94): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.5' diameter, gradually brightens but no distinct core. An occasional stellar nucleus is visible. Located 6.0' E of a mag 10 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb