Albert Marth discovered NGC 1007 = m 66 on 15 Jan 1865 with Lassell's 48" on Malta and reported "vF, stellar". Marth's position is 1' S of CGCG 388-069 = PGC 9967.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/17/87): extremely faint and small, round. A mag 9 star (SAO 110651) lies 2.8' N. Located 4.6' NNW of NGC 1008 within the NGC 1016 cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb