John Herschel discovered NGC 101 = h2321 on 25 Sep 1834 and logged as "pretty bright; pretty large; a little elongated; 45"; precedes a star of 14th magnitude." On a later sweep he noted "very faint; round or very little elongated; gradually brighter in the middle; 15 arcseconds." So the two observation differ significantly in terms of brightness. His position matches ESO 350-014 = PGC 1518.

Pietro Baracchi observed this galaxy on 5 Oct 1885 with the Melbourne telescope and wrote "pF, pL, a little elongated following and preceding, about 70" long and 50" broad. A star 14m following, a little north. This object is not conspicuous - it is quite flat - or evenly lighted and the outline is not sharp."

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/8/88): faint, fairly small, oval ~E-W, low surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb