Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 1334 = Sw. VIII-37 on 14 Feb 1863 with an 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen and logged "vF, pL, 35", No nucl. A mag 16 star precedes by 9.6 seconds due west." His position and description matches UGC 2759 = PGC 13001. Lewis Swift independently discovered this galaxy on 27 Oct 1888 and reported it as #37 in his 8th discovery list. Dreyer apparently realized the equivalence with NGC 1334 as Sw. VIII-37 wasn't assigned an IC designation. See IC 323, which refers to a triple star found in the same observation.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/1/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, bright core. A mag 13.5 star is just off the WNW tip. An extremely faint stellar nucleus seen for moments. NGC 1335 lies 16' SSE. This is a possible outlying member of AGC 426.

600/800mm - 24" (2/14/15): at 225x; fairly faint, fairly small, oval 2:1 WNW-ESE, ~0.6'x0.3', broad concentration to a brighter core, which increases to a fairly weak nucleus. A mag 13.5-14 star is 1.0' NW of center. A mag 15.5 star is at the eastern end [30" E of center] and a similar star is at the north edge of the core. Located on the east side of AGC 426.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb