John Herschel discovered NGC 692 = h2439 on 2 Oct 1834 and noted "B, R, gbM, 30"." On a later sweep (744) he described it as "vF, R, gbM, 20"." JH's position (h2439) is accurate, although there was a 10 tsec error in RA on sweep 744.

600/800mm - 25" (10/16/17 - OzSky): at 244x; fairly bright, moderately large, roundish, 50"-60" diameter. Contains a bright, elongated core NW-SE that appears to be a bar (verified later on the DSS) and a quasi-stellar nucleus. Four stars curl south off the southwest side including a mag 12 star 3.7' SSW. Mag 9.8 HD 11265 lies 11.5' NE

Notes by Steve Gottlieb