?douard Stephan discovered NGC 1338 = St XIII-24 on 15 Dec 1884 using the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory. His position matches MCG -02-09-044 = PGC 12956.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/20/90): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, even surface brightness. Located 2' W of a mag 10.5 star and 6' SW of mag 8.5 SAO 148982.

900/1200mm - 48" (10/22/11): at 488x this bright, fairly large, roundish galaxy has an interesting structure. Off center within the glow is a bright "bar" that extends 1' from NW to SE. The bar contains a small bright core and a stellar nucleus. Surrounding the bar feature is 1.2' roundish halo, that is more extensive on the SW side but with a noticeably lower surface brightness. The halo on the NE side of the bar is brighter but smaller. Located 2.0' W of a mag 10 star and 6' SW of mag 8.8 HD 21634.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb