John Herschel discovered NGC 7812 = h4010 on 25 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; S; R; among S stars." His position is less than 1' too far south.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/29/94): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.6', slightly brighter core. Lies just north of a line of three mag 12-13 stars 1.5' SSE, 2.2' SSW and 3.9' SW of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb