John Herschel discovered NGC 3463 = h3305 on 26 Mar 1835 and logged "F; R; glbM; 20"." His position matches ESO 502-002 = PGC 32813.

400/500mm - 18" (4/29/06): faint, small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, 0.8'x0.4', weakly concentrated. Nearly collinear with a pair of mag 13/14 stars ~5' N (at 17" separation). An identical distance to the south is a mag 10.5 star with the galaxy at the midpoint of these stars. Located ~4.5° ESE of Hydra I cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb