Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 1282 = Big. 22 on 23 Nov 1884 with the 12" at the Paris Observatory, describing "mag 13.2-13.3, 20" diameter, faint stellar ncl." His position is accurate.

300/350mm - 13" (1/8/84): faint, fairly small, diffuse halo. Located 10' SE of NGC 1275. Forms a pair with NGC 1283.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/12/88): faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 1283 2' NNE in the core of AGC 426. NGC 1275 lies 10' NW.

17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, small, round, slightly brighter core. Located 1' E of a mag 13.5 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb