Albert Marth discovered NGC 1016 = m 68 = Sf 103 = T I-12 on 15 Jan 1865 with Lassell's 48" on Malta and reported "F, S, R, psbM." His position matches UGC 2128, the brightest member of the cluster. Truman Safford independently rediscovered the galaxy on 1 Nov 1867 with the 18.5-inch refractor at Dearborn Observatory (Sf 103) and again by Wilhelm Tempel in 1876 with the 11" refractor at the Arcetri Observatory. Dreyer credited Tempel with the discovery in the GC Supplement (5264), but both Marth and Tempel are listed in the NGC. Safford's list was missed by Dreyer until after the NGC was compiled.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/17/87): fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated, bright core. This galaxy is the brightest and largest in the NGC 1016 cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb