[4] This object was first discovered in 1970 during a 1415 MHz continuum survey conducted by Ohio State University where it was given the designation, OF -292.

[10][11] An observation conducted by Japanese scientists in 2013, also found PKS 0454-234 has a soft spectrum with an estimated integral flux of 2.82 x 10−7 ± 1.10 x 10−9 in the ranges of 0.1-300 GeV.

[13] When imaged at 2.3 and 8.5 GHz, it shows the object mainly having a core-dominated structure and a weak jet extending out by 5 mas along the position angle of -130°.

[15] In 2022, PKS 0454-234 was found to show two quasi-periodic oscillation signals with duration periods of 3.51 ± 0.33 and 6.10 ± 0.82 years.

This might be explained by a binary black hole model with estimated mass of 4.69 x 108 Mʘ and a gravitational wave emission having a decay time period of 9.56 x 104 years.