?douard Stephan discovered NGC 1468 = St XII-27 on 14 Dec 1881 using the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory. HIs position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/11/96): very faint, very small, round, 30" diameter, weak even concentration to an occasional stellar nucleus. A mag 14.5 star is 1.0' ENE of center. Located ~3' N of a 1' pair of mag 11/12 stars.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb