John Herschel discovered NGC 4746 = h1460 on 29 Mar 1830 and logged "pB; mE; r.' His position is just off the south side of UGC 80007 and his description is appropriate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/28/92): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, weak concentration with no well-defined nucleus. A mag 11 star lies 3.5' WSW and a mag 13 star is 2.3' N of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb