Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1458 = J. 1-477 on 17 Sep 1892. His position is accurate. See notes for NGC 7441, which Harold Corwin suggests may be an earlier discovery of this galaxy.

400/500mm - 18" (10/25/03): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.7', low even surface brightness. A 15' string of stars oriented SW-NE with mag 9.5 SAO 146395 at the southwest end passes north of the galaxy. A mag 9.5 star is 10' due west.

600/800mm - 24" (9/22/17): at 375x; faint or fairly faint, low surface brightness patch, irregularly round, ~0.6' diameter, slightly irregular surface brightness but no distinct core. Appears to be a face-on late-type spiral. Located 10' E of mag 9.5 HD 216787.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb