?douard Stephan discovered NGC 1346 = St VIIIb-12 on 15 Dec 1876 using the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory. His position matches MCG -01-09-042 = PGC 13009.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/25/87): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, bright core. A mag 13.5 star is just 30" W. Located 13' WSW of mag 8.1 SAO 130538 and 12' E of mag 9.5 SAO 130518.

600/800mm - 24" (11/23/19): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, oval 4:3 WSW-ENE, 0.6'x0.45', very small brighter core. A mag 13.4 star is just 0.6' W of center. Member of a small group (USGC S125) that also incudes NGC 1355 and 1358.

NGC 1346 forms an interacting pair with MCG -01-09-041 only 1.6' NW. The companion was extremely faint, elongated ~5:2 NNW-SSE, ~50"x20", very low even surface brightness and visible with averted only.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb