Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 1071 = LM 2-346 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory and logged "0.3'x0.1', pE 180?, *10, p 16s; *9, f 15s". His position is an exact match with MCG -02-07-077 as well as the two mentioned stars, although they are a couple of magnitudes fainter than given.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/28/97): extremely faint, small, round, 25" diameter, very low surface brightness, no concentration. Requires averted vision and probably only viewed the core as this galaxy has low surface brightness arms. Nearly collinear with two mag 11/12 stars 3.3' E and 4.6' W, respectively.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb