William Herschel discovered NGC 762 = H III-464 = h178 = h2451 on 22 Nov 1785 (sweep 474) and logged "eF, S, I found it in gauging [counting stars in a given region], otherwise it might have been overlooked." John Herschel observed this galaxy from both Slough and at the Cape, where he described it as "vF, E, vlbM, 30 arcseconds". The NGC position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/8/90): faint, very small, round, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb