William Herschel discovered NGC 2469 = H III-836 = h470 on 18 Mar 1790 (sweep 949) and recorded "vF, vS, may be a patch of stars." His position is 12 seconds of time west of UGC 4111 = PGC 22327. On 9 Feb 1831 (sweep 323), John Herschel wrote, "pF; R; 15"; np a *9m which is 2 diameters of neb dist from its centre." The description is good except the star is northeast. MCG does label PGC 22327 as NGC 2469. See Corwin's notes for identification problems on other members of this group.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/19/91): fairly faint, small, oval 3:2 NNW-SSE. A mag 14.5 star is off the NW end 0.8' from center. Third of three on a line with NGC 2472 6' E.

600/800mm - 24" (1/25/14): at 375x appeared moderately bright to fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 NNW-SSE, 36"x28", slightly brighter core, appears mottled. Located 2.3' SSW of a mag 9.5 star. 5th of 6 galaxies in a 25' E-W string.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb