William Herschel discovered NGC 1052 = H I-63 = h254 = h2493 on 10 Jan 1785 (sweep 355) and recorded "B, R, mbM, about 1' diameter, vF towards the border." His position is matches PGC 10175. John Herschel observed this galaxy twice at Slough, recording on 8 Jan 1831 (sweep 318), "B; S; R; 20"; gb and psmbM to a *12".

200/250mm - 8" (11/8/80): faint, bright core.

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/9/83): bright, small, round, intense core. Brightest in a large group with three galaxies in 62x field including NGC 1042 14' SW and NGC 1047 10.2' NW.

13.1" (9/3/86): small oval shape, very bright core, stellar nucleus.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb