Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 1368 = LM 1-107 on 12 Nov 1885 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His rough position falls 3' S of MCG -03-10-012 = PGC 13247. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1899-00 using the 20" refractor at Chamberlin Observatory as well as Robert Baker in his 1937 Harvard catalogue of galaxies in Fornax and Eridanus. MCG doesn't label this galaxy as NGC 1368.

400/500mm - 18" (11/26/03): very faint, small, elongated 5:3 NW-SE, 0.7'x0.4', weak concentration, very small bright core. Forms an isosceles triangle with a mag 14 star 1.8' ESE and a mag 14.9 2.5' NE. NGC 1372 lies 32' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb