Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 1314 = LM 2-367 on 18 Jan 1887 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 16.0, 2.0' diameter, E 170?, mag 10 star with an eF nebula south, *16 in middle?" There is nothing at his position but 1.1 tmin of RA west is MCG -01-09-033 = PGC 12650, a low surface brightness, face-on spiral, about 1.5' diameter and the RNGC identifies NGC 1314 = PGC 12650. A mag 12 star is 1' S, so Leavenworth must have reversed his directions (common error). MCG does not label MCG -01-09-033 as NGC 1314.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/12/02): very faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter. Appears as a low surface brightness glow just north of a mag 12 star [52" from center].

17.5" (1/7/89): not seen.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb