William Herschel discovered NGC 1358 = H III-446 = h302 on 5 Oct 1785 (sweep 457) and noted "vF, S, between some small stars." His position is too far south, but John Herschel measured an accurate position (two observations) used in the NGC.

300/350mm - 13" (12/18/82): very faint, small, elongated N-S.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/25/87): moderately bright, moderately large, irregularly round, sharp concentration. A pretty mag 13 double star at 15" separation is 1.7' ENE. Located 8' W of a mag 10 star. Forms a pair with NGC 1355 6.8' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb