Lewis Swift discovered NGC 112 = Sw. II-9 on 17 Sep 1885 with a 16" refractor at Warner Observatory. His RA is just 4 sec east of UGC 255 = PGC 1654.
400/500mm - 17.5" (11/25/87): faint, small, oval WNW-ESE, weak concentration. A mag 13 star is 1.8' WSW.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb