John Herschel discovered NGC 131 = h2326 on 25 Sep 1834 and logged "pretty bright; pretty large; pretty much elongated; very gradually brighter in the middle." On a later sweep he noted "very faint; the preceding of two. The other [NGC 134] very large and bright."

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/3/88): very faint, very small, oval WSW-ENE, weak concentration. A mag 14.5 star is off the ENE edge. Located 9' WSW of much brighter NGC 134.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb