Albert Marth discovered NGC 1384 = m 90 on 20 Oct 1864 with William Lassell's 48" on Malta and noted a "neb * 13." His position falls very close to a faint, unequal double star but Harold Corwin notes that 1.6' S is CGCG 465-004 = PGC 13448 and this galaxy has a mag 13.5 star superimposed (mentioned in my visual notes) that matches Marth's description.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/2/91): very faint, very small, round. A mag 13.5 star is 1.2' WNW of center. Located 3.5' WSW of mag 8.6 SAO 93537.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb