William Herschel discovered NGC 14 = H II-591 = h3 on 18 Sep 1786 (sweep 590) and recorded "F, pL, iF, unequally bright." His position is at the west edge of Arp 235 = VV 80. John Herschel observed this galaxy on his first registered sweep of 2 Nov 1823. On 11 Sep 1828 (sweep 174), he logged "eF; R; bM a star 10 m north preceding, dist. 5'."

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/19/87): fairly faint, fairly small, oval SSW-NNE, broad concentration, faint extensions. Located 1.4° ESE of NGC 7814.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb