Truman Safford discovered IC 357 = Sf. 73 on 1 Jan 1867 with the 18.5" refractor at the Dearborn Observatory. He reported "F, S, R, Nucl = 13.5m".

600/800mm - 24" (2/14/15): at 375x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, contains a very small brighter core. A mag 12 star lies 1.5' E and two additional stars form an isosceles triangle (sides 2', 2' and 3'). Located 14' WNW of 4.3-magnitude 37 Tauri.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb