John Herschel discovered NGC 148 = h239 on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "vB; S; lE in parallel; smbM to a * 11m." His RA was 1.0 min west of ESO 410-020 = PGC 2053, although he noted his two positions differed by a minute. The incorrect position was used in NGC. An accurate micrometric position was measured n 1906 at the Cincinnati Observatory. MCG (-05-02-017) gives the NGC equivalence as uncertain.

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/22/84): fairly bright, small, elongated E-W, very small bright core.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/2/86): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated E-W, small bright core.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb