NGC 1064 is a face-on spiral with a small core and much fainter arms (halo) and I missed it twice from the brighter skies east of Mt Hamilton.

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 1064 = LM 2-345 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. His position is just 0.2 tsec west of MCG -02-07-071 = PGC 10249. This galaxy was missed on two attempts from Digger Pines although nearby MCG -02-07-072 was viewed! (finally picked up at Fiddletown).

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/10/96): very faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter. Requires averted vision but can hold with concentration due to a very low even surface brightness. Forms a pair with brighter MCG -2-7-72 6.8' SSE (on the first observation of the field, this galaxy was assumed to be NGC 1064) and it is surprising that Leavenworth did not pick up MCG -2-7-72.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb