Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 1405 = LM 1-110 (along with NGC 1413 = I-111) on 26 Dec 1885 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick and logged "mag 16.0, pL, vE 150?, glbM, sev vF st inv." His rough position (nearest minute of RA) is accurate and the position angle matches, though no are stars involved (noted first by Herbert Howe in 1900). Howe measured an accurate RA in 1899-00 at Denver.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/9/01): extremely faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 0.6'x0.3'. Requires averted to glimpse. Located 5' NNE of brighter NGC 1413.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb