William Herschel discovered NGC 2512 = H III-605 = h482 on 10 Feb 1787 (sweep 697) and noted "F, S, iF." His position (Auwers' reduction) was 1.4' too far north. CGCG and UGC fail to label their catalogue entries as NGC 2512.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/20/88): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus. Not identified as NGC 2512 in the UGC or CGCG.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb