Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 11 = St XII-2 on 24 Oct 1881 with the 31" silvered-glass reflector at the Marseille Observatory and described "vF; vS; little irregular oval SE to NW; two very faint stars involved." Although Stephan did not record this object as an edge-on (very elongated), his position clearly matches UGC 73 = PGC 642.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/17/87): faint, fairly small, edge-on WNW-ESE. A close double star with mag 11/12 components lies 3' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb