?douard Stephan discovered NGC 1149 = St XI-6 on 2 Dec 1880 with the 31" reflector at Marseille Observatory and reported "vF, vS, R, bM, S* preceding 2 sec". His position and description (the star is 0.5' SW) is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/7/89): very faint, very small, round. A mag 14.5 star is 30" SSW of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb