Albert Marth discovered NGC 462 = m 40 on 23 Oct 1864 with Lassell's 48" on Malta and logged "eF, vS, stellar". His position is accurate. This galaxy is not included in the CGCG, MCG, RC3 and UGC.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/23/92): extremely faint and small, round, visible continuously with averted vision. A mag 13.5 star is 2.5' S. The galaxy is almost collinear with mag 9.2 SAO 109796 5' SE and mag 9.1 SAO 109798 10.5' SE. IC 89 lies 30' WNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb