Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 1033 = LM 2-344 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. There is nothing at his position, but 1.2 minutes of RA east is MCG -02-07-053 = PGC 101083, and Leavenworth's position angle of 10? matches this galaxy. The number was reported as "not revealed" in a 60 minute exposure with the Reynolds reflector at the Helwan observatory (1935).

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/29/94): very faint, fairly small, round, 0.6' diameter, very low even surface brightness, no details. Located 7.1' NE of mag 8.5 SAO 130043 at the SW end of the NGC 1052 group. Appears fainter than listed magnitude V = 13.2.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb