Ormond Stone discovered NGC 1361 = LM 2-370 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His position is just 0.2 tmin east and 1' north of MCG -01-10-005 = PGC 13218. MCG (-01-10-005) mislabels this galaxy NGC 1369. The Uranometria Deep Sky Field Guide gives a V mag of 13.9 and a surf brightness of 14.6, but that may be too faint.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/12/02): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, weak concentration to a very small, brighter core. Situated nearly midway between two mag 12 stars 5' NW and 5' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb