Lewis Swift discovered NGC 1043 = Sw. V-36 on 2 Oct 1886 with the 16" Clark refractor at Warner Observatory. His position is just 4 tsec east and 36" south of CGCG 388-094 = PGC 10155.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/9/99): extremely faint, very small, round, 15" diameter. I just glimpsed the core as a very small, round, knot with a mag 14.5 star 0.4' SSE of center. The small, thin extensions of this edge-on spiral were not seen. Located 14' SE of NGC 1038 and 20' SE of IC 1827 (on a line).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb