Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 962 = St III-8 on 13 Dec 1871 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory and recorded "eF, S, grad incr to the center." His position matches UGC 2013 = PGC 9682.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/27/92): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 N-S, broad concentration, faint stellar nucleus. Located 6' W of a mag 9 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb