Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 1102 = LM 2-348 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory and logged "mag 15.7, 0.2', R." His position is 17 tsec east of ESO 546-019. ESO misidentifies ESO 546-020 as NGC 1102. This fainter galaxy is a better match in RA, but further off in declination (a less likely error).

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/20/95): extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated, only glimpsed with averted vision. Situated on a E-W line between two mag 12 and 13 stars 5.4' E and 4.4' W. There are two mag 14 stars nearly collinear 1.6' and 2.4' S. Located 17' due north of mag 6.5 SAO 168051.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb