Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1450 (Swift list V (#56), Ormond Stone list I (#??), 1860 RA 03 39 08, NPD 99 40.4) is "extremely faint, pretty small, round (perhaps double? distance 0.4 arcmin)". The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Howe) of 03 38 52.
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 11065 km/sec, a straightforward calculation indicates that NGC 1450 is about 515 million light years away. However, for objects at such distances we should take into account the expansion of the Universe during the time it took their light to reach us. Doing that shows that the galaxy was about 495 million light years away at the time the light by which we see it left the galaxy, about 505 million years ago (the difference between the two numbers is due to the expansion of the intervening space during the light-travel time). Given that and the galaxy's apparent size of about 0.5 by 0.5 arcmin (from the images below), NGC 1450 is about 70 to 75 thousand light years across. Note: DSS images don't make it clear whether the bump on the northwestern corner is another galaxy or a foreground star; but the PanSTARRS image proves that it is a star.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1451 (= GC 5329, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 03 39 10, NPD 94 30.6) is "very faint, very small, a little extended".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.75 by 0.5 arcmin (from the images below). (Note to self: LEDA lists 1446 as a duplicate of NGC 1451; so need to address that when do Historical Identification.)

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1452 (= GC 777 = WH II 459, 1860 RA 03 39 12, NPD 109 00.4) is "faint, round, a little brighter middle". The second IC lists a corrected position (per Howe and DeLisle Stewart) of RA 03 39 05, NPD 109 04.4 and adds "the latter calls it a hazy star".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 3.1 by 1.7 arcmin (from the images below). Used by de Vaucouleurs as an example of galaxy type (R')SB(r)a.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1453 (= GC 778 = JH 309 = WH I 155, 1860 RA 03 39 29, NPD 94 24.6) is "pretty bright, small, round, 17th magnitude star in middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 3.3 by 2.6 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1454 (Muller list II (#385), 1860 RA 03 39 40, NPD 111 07.8) is "very faint, extremely small, round, (perhaps a star?), magnitude 9.5 star 3 arcmin to southwest".
Physical Information: LEDA lists NGC 1454 as PGC 5067586 (and as a star), but a search for that designation returns no result.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1455 (Leavenworth list II (#386), 1860 RA 03 39 47, NPD 109 04.8) is "very faint, small, a little extended 30°, suddenly brighter middle and nucleus".
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 1452 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1456 (J. G. Lohse, 1860 RA 03 39 54, NPD 67 52.5) is a "double star of magnitudes 10 to 12, companion nebulous (130° position angle, 9 arcsec separation)".
Physical Information: LEDA lists NGC 1456 as PGC 5067587 (and as a double star), but a search for that designation returns no result.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1457 (= GC 779 = JH 2586, 1860 RA 03 39 57, NPD 135 05.4) is "pretty faint, pretty large, extremely extended 42°, very gradually pretty much brighter middle".
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 1448 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1458 (Leavenworth list II (#387), 1860 RA 03 40 40, NPD 108 40.7) is "very faint, very small, round, planetary nebula? nebulous?". The first IC notes "Not found by Burnham". (LEDA does not recognize NGC 1458 in any way, though it does acknowledge NED's identification.)
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entries, see NGC 1440 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1459 (Ormond Stone list I (#115), 1860 RA 03 40 45, NPD 115 57.7) is "extremely faint, pretty small, gradually brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 2.0 by 1.3 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1460 (= GC 780 = JH 2587, 1860 RA 03 41 00, NPD 127 07.9) is "faint, small, round, star attached".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.3 by 1.25 arcmin (from the images below). (The designation FCC 310 refers to Ferguson's Fornax Cluster Catalog.)

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1461 (= GC 781 = JH 2588 = WH II 460, Schönfeld, 1860 RA 03 42 03, NPD 106 49.4) is "pretty bright, small, a little extended, much brighter middle and nucleus".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 3.5 by 1.1 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1462 (= GC 5330, Marth #92, 1860 RA 03 42 54, NPD 83 28) is "very faint, small, very little extended".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.85 by 0.5 arcmin (from the images below). Corwin lists an apparent companion on the northeast rim of the galaxy at RA 03 50 24.3, Dec +06 58 37, but based on the images below (though admittedly not the best quality) I feel almost certain that it is only a foreground star.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1463 (= GC 782 = JH 2589, 1860 RA 03 43 33, NPD 150 14.5) is "considerably faint, small, round, gradually a little brighter middle, among 7 bright stars".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 2.4 by 2.0 arcmin (from the images below) for the outermost ring.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1464 (Swift list V (#57), 1860 RA 03 44 51, NPD 105 48.6) is "pretty faint, small, round, 2 stars near".
Discovery Information: The paper containing Leavenworth's observation was sent to the Astronomical Journal on October 12, 1886, so all the observations listed there must have been completed before that date; but since the paper wasn't actually in print at the time of Swift's observation, he did make an independent discovery of the object.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.75 by 0.55 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1465 (Swift list V (#58), 1860 RA 03 44 51, NPD 57 55.0) is "pretty faint, pretty small, round, pretty bright star near to west".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 2.1 by 0.45 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1466 (= GC 783 = JH 2590, 1860 RA 03 45 15, NPD 162 06.6) is "pretty faint, pretty small, irregularly round, gradually a little brighter middle, 7th magnitude star to east".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 3.5 arcmin (from the images below). LEDA lists NGC 1466 as PGC 2802621 (and as a cluster).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1467 (Muller list II (#388), 1860 RA 03 45 15, NPD 99 16.5) is "extremely faint, very small, round, 9th magnitude star 4 arcmin to south".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.5 by 0.85 arcmin (from the images below) for the main galaxy, and about 0.8 arcmin further for the faint northeastern extension.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1468 (Stephan list XII (#28), 1860 RA 03 45 20, NPD 96 46.2) is "very faint, very small, round, brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.1 by 0.75 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1469 (Swift list III (#27), 1860 RA 03 45 33, NPD 21 47.5) is "very faint, very small, round, bright star near".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 2.4 by 1.2 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1470 (Muller list II (#389), 1860 RA 03 46 27, NPD 99 25.5) is "extremely faint, small, extended 0°".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.5 by 0.35 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1471 (Leavenworth list I (#116), 1860 RA 03 46 35, NPD 105 49.5) is "very faint, very small, extended 45°".
Discovery Information: The paper containing Leavenworth's observation was sent to the Astronomical Journal on October 12, 1886, so all the observations listed there must have been completed before that date; but since the paper wasn't actually in print at the time of Swift's observation, he did make an independent discovery of the object.
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 1464 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1472 (Ormond Stone list I (#117), 1860 RA 03 46 35, NPD 98 59.5) is "very faint, extremely small, stellar nucleus, 1st of 3", the others being NGC 1477 and 1478.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.85 by 0.8 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1473 (= GC 784 = JH 2592, 1860 RA 03 46 49, NPD 158 38.4) is "considerably faint, pretty large, round, gradually a very little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.55 by 0.8 arcmin (from the images below), including its northern extension.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1474 (= GC 5331, Marth #93, 1860 RA 03 46 58, NPD 79 51) is "very faint, small, round". The position precesses to RA 03 54 37.2, Dec +10 34 00, but there is nothing there. However, Corwin notes that of the other nine objects that Marth observed on the night in question, five have large errors in right ascension or declination, and the galaxy listed above lies only 7 seconds of time west and 8.4 arcmin north of Marth's position, and although it isn't nearly as good a fit to Marth's description as to Javelle's, it is the only galaxy in the region that Marth could have seen, so it is usually presumed that IC 2002 and NGC 1474 are the same object. However, as noted by Corwin, it is equally possible that NGC 1474 is simply one of the stars or double stars in the region, so the identification must be considered uncertain at best.
Physical Information: Since there is no way of knowing whether NGC 1474 and IC 2002 are the same object, see IC 2002 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1475 (Leavenworth list II (#390), 1860 RA 03 47 21, NPD 98 32.5) is "extremely faint, extremely small, round, 14th magnitude star 4 arcmin to northwest".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.5 by 0.5 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1476 (= GC 785 = JH 2591, 1860 RA 03 47 35, NPD 134 56.8) is "considerably faint, small, extended 90°, gradually brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.2 by 0.4 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1477 (Ormond Stone list I (#118), 1860 RA 03 47 35, NPD 98 59.5) is "extremely faint, very small, 2nd of 3", the others being NGC 1472 and 1478.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.75 by 0.7 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1478 (Ormond Stone list I (#119), 1860 RA 03 47 35, NPD 98 57.5) is "extremely faint, very small. 3rd of 3", the others being NGC 1472 and 1477.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.6 by 0.35 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1479 (Muller list II (#391), 1860 RA 03 47 40, NPD 100 37.5) is "extremely faint, small, extended, western of 2", the other being NGC 1480. (Muller's published position was 1890 RA 03 49.1, Dec -10 32 (which precesses to RA 03 54 21.3, Dec -10 12 29, as shown above), with a magnitude of 16.0, size of 0.6 by 0.1 arcmin, and listed as a double star with a position angle of 170 degrees.) LEDA lists NGC 1479 as PGC 5067588 (and as an unknown object), but a search of the database for that designation returns no result.
Discovery Notes: Based on Muller's original notes there would seem to be a good chance that NGC 1479 and 1480 are stars near the center of the field shown below, as there is a 10th magnitude star about 30 seconds of time to the east of the region which would match the description of NGC 1480; but per Corwin there is no combination of observable objects in the region that fits the positions and descriptions.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1480 (Muller list II (#392), 1860 RA 03 47 52, NPD 100 40.5) is "extremely faint, small, irregularly round, eastern of 2 (the other being NGC 1479), 10th magnitude star 30 seconds of time to east". (Muller's published position was 1890 RA 03 49.3, Dec -10 35 (which precesses to RA 03 54 33.2, Dec -10 15 31, as shown above), with a magnitude of 15.5, size of 0.4 arcmin, and a note that there is a 10th magnitude star about 30 seconds of time to the east.) LEDA lists NGC 1480 as PGC 5067589 (and as an unknown object), but a search of the database for that designation returns no result.
Discovery Notes: Based on Muller's original notes there would seem to be a good chance that NGC 1479 and 1480 are stars near the center of the field shown in the image for NGC 1479, as there is a 10th magnitude star about 30 seconds of time to the east of the region which would match the description of NGC 1480; but per Corwin there is no combination of observable objects in the region that fits the positions and descriptions.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1481 (= GC 786 = JH 2593, 1860 RA 03 48 19, NPD 110 52.5) is "extremely faint, small, round, 2 bright stars to east, western of 2", the other being NGC 1482.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.05 by 0.75 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1482 (= GC 787 = JH 2594 = WH III 962, 1860 RA 03 48 28, NPD 110 55.0) is "faint, small, very little extended, 2 stars of 10th magnitude near, eastern of 2", the other being NGC 1481.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 4.5 by 1.8 arcmin (from the images below), including its northwestern and southeastern extensions.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1483 (= GC 788 = JH 2595, Dunlop 427?, Dunlop 428?, 1860 RA 03 48 31, NPD 137 53.9) is "considerably faint, pretty large, round, very gradually a little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.4 by 0.95 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1484 (= GC 789 = JH 2596, 1860 RA 03 49 09, NPD 127 24.3) is "very faint, large, extended, very gradually a very little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 2.4 by 0.6 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1485 (Swift list III (#28), 1860 RA 03 49 58, NPD 19 21.5) is "extremely faint, pretty small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.4 by 0.7 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1486 (Leavenworth list II (#393), 1860 RA 03 50 48, NPD 112 13.3) is "extremely faint, very small, round". The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Howe) of 03 50 13.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.85 by 0.55 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1487 (= GC 790 = JH 2597, Dunlop 480, 1860 RA 03 51 04, NPD 132 46.7) is "pretty bright, pretty large, round, gradually brighter middle, 2 stars in a triangle (with the object)".
Physical Information: Apparent size of the brighter regions is about 2.6 by 1.5 arcmin (from the images below), while with its extensions the galaxy spans about 6.5 arcmin. Listed in NED as PGC 14117 = PGC 14118, but in LEDA as three separate objects (PGC 14117, PGC 14118 and PGC 14121) with the combination of the three listed as PGC 3166843; which given the complex structure of the galaxy is not unreasonable.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1488 (= GC 791, Markree Catalogue, 1860 RA 03 52 01, NPD 71 50.1) is "a 12th magnitude star involved in nebulosity (Auwers 19)". Listed in LEDA as PGC 3325909 (and as an object of questionable nature).
Physical Information:

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1489 (Muller list II (#394), 1860 RA 03 52 04, NPD 109 37.3) is "extremely faint, pretty small, extended 190. The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Howe) of 03 51 24.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.7 by 0.6 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1490 (= GC 792 = JH 2599, 1860 RA 03 52 23, NPD 156 25.7) is "pretty bright, small, very little extended, pretty much brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.4 by 1.25 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1491 (= GC 793 = WH I 258, Engelhardt, 1860 RA 03 52 51, NPD 39 04.9) is "very bright, small, irregular figure, brighter middle, mottled but not resolved, star involved". Listed in LEDA as PGC 3517585 (and as a nebula), but a search for that designation returns no result.
Physical Information: Apparent size of the bright central portion (which is what Herschel would have seen) is about 5 by 4 arcmin, while the entire nebula spans about 25 by 21 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1492 (= GC 794 = JH 2598, 1860 RA 03 53 00, NPD 125 51.8) is "very faint, very small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.8 by 0.65 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1493 (= GC 795 = JH 2600, Dunlop 438, 1860 RA 03 53 06, NPD 136 36.9) is "faint, considerably large, round, very gradually a little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 5.2 by 4.5 arcmin (from the images below). Used by de Vaucouleurs as an example of galaxy type SB(rs)cd.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1494 (= GC 796 = JH 2601, 1860 RA 03 53 36, NPD 139 18.7) is "faint, large, round, very gradually a very little brighter middle, 3 stars to north".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 3.9 by 2.5 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1495 (= GC 797 = JH 2602, 1860 RA 03 53 47, NPD 134 53.0) is "extremely faint, small, a little extended 90°, very gradually a very little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 3.4 by 0.4 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1496 (= GC 798 = JH 310, 1860 RA 03 53 47, NPD 37 45.8) is "a cluster, segment of a ring".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.0 arcmin? LEDA lists NGC 1496 as PGC 3517887 (an object of unknown type), but a search for that designation returns no result.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1497 (= GC 5332, Stephan list VIII (#13), 1860 RA 03 53 49, NPD 67 15.8) is "extremely faint, very small, irregularly round, much brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.6 by 0.75 arcmin (from the images below). (There appear to be some faint fragments of the galaxy on its northern side, but given the low quality of the wide-field images, I can't be sure whether they are real or not, so the size listed here is only for the main part of the galaxy.) The galaxy has a dusty apparently polar ring wrapped around its nucleus.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1498 (= GC 799 = WH VII 3, 1860 RA 03 53 52, NPD 102 25.5) is "a cluster, small, compressed". LEDA lists NGC 1498 as PGC 5067590 (and as a triple star), but a search for that designation returns no result.
Physical Information: The individual stars appear to be between magnitude 13.6 and 14.0, making the overall brightness roughly magnitude 12.6.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1499 (Barnard, 1860 RA 03 54 19, NPD 53 58.5) is "very faint, very large, extended north-south, diffuse". The first IC notes (per Scheiner) "is about half a degree in length". LEDA lists NGC 1499 as PGC 3517586 (and as a nebula), but a search for that designation returns no result.
Physical Information: Apparent size 120 by 60 arcmin? (Corwin lists the position of the brightest part of the nebula as shown above, but the geometric center to the northwest of that, at RA 04 00 39, Dec +36 30 00.)