Stephane Javelle discovered IC 4462 = J. 1327, along with IC 4461 = J. 1326, on 22 Jun 1895. See IC 4461 for the story.

400/500mm - 18" (5/3/08): brightest in a very close trio (Arp 95). At 260x it appeared faint, small, round, 25" diameter, low even surface brightness. Located 1.3' W of a mag 12.5 star. This galaxy is misidentified as IC 4461 in all modern catalogues. IC 4461 lies 45" SW of center and MCG +05-34-078 is just 32" E of center! The latter galaxy, which is misidentified as IC 4462 in modern sources, appeared extremely faint and small, round, 8"-10" diameter.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb