Lewis Swift discovered NGC 442 = Sw. V-12 on 21 Oct 1886 with the 16" refractor at the Warner Observatory. His position is 11 seconds of RA west and 15" south of UGC 789 = PGC 4484. The bright star mentioned in Swift's description as southeast is northeast of NGC 442. This was first noted by Knox-Shaw in his 1924 description of the galaxy based on a photograph at the Helwan observatory.

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/3/86): Located 3.9' SW of 38 Ceti (V = 5.7). Fairly faint, small, bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 450.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb