Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 984 = St III-10 on 13 Dec 1871 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory and recorded "vF, eS, R, bM". His position matches UGC 2059 = PGC 9819.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/20/90): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, small very bright core. A mag 12.5 star is 1.2' S. Located 6' SE of mag 8.4 SAO 75448 6' NW. This is a double system (not resolved) with a very small, faint companion at the SE end.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb