Ormond Stone discovered NGC 1459 = LM 1-115 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His rough position (nearest minute of RA) is a good match with ESO 482-043 = PGC 13832.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/2/91): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, low almost even surface brightness. A mag 12 star is 2.9' S of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb