Frank Muller discovered NGC 1078 = LM 2-347 in 1886 with the 26" Leander McCormick refractor and noted a "mag 9.5 star follows 30 sec, south 2'." His position is 0.3 tmin east of MCG -02-08-001 = PGC 10362 and the description applies.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/20/95): very faint, very small, round. Contains a 10" brighter core surrounded by a 25" halo. A mag 10 star lies 5.8' NNW. Located close to the Eridanus border.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb