William Herschel discovered NGC 1167 = H III-178 on 13 Sep 1784 (sweep 271) and reported "vF, pL, R, small pB place in the middle." His position (reduced by Auwers) is ~11' WNW of UGC 2487 = PGC 11425 and the GC position is 4' too far northwest. The NGC position, though, is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/1/92): fairly faint, moderately large, high surface brightness core with very faint larger halo slightly elongated WSW-ENE. A mag 10 star lies 4.0' S. UGC 2465 lies 13' WSW. Brightest in a group that includes UGC's 2435, 2465, 2466, 2491, 2494 and 2526 in the foreground of AGC 407.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb