John Herschel discovered NGC 7462 = h3968 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; S; vmE; has a *11m preceding its extremity." The mag 11 star at the west edge is MCG -07-47-012 (misclassified as a galaxy).

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/3/86): fairly faint, fairly small, pretty edge-on oriented ~E-W. A mag 11 star is at the west end and four other comparable stars including a nice double at 36" separation are within 5'. Located 10.6' W of mag 6.6 SAO 231415.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb