John Herschel discovered NGC 1500 = h2603 on 24 Dec 1837 and logged "F, vS, R, pmbM, 12"; has a star 8th mag 15.5 tsec preceding in RA, to northward." Herschel noted this nebula might be equivalent to James Dunlop's D 369, which was described as "a faint nebula, elliptical in the parallel of the equator, about 30" long and 12" broad". Dunlop's position is 2 min 30 sec of RA east of this galaxy and not nearly as elongated as Dunlop's description. This equivalence is not given by Glen Cozens or Wolfgang Steinicke.

600/800mm - 24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x, fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, 0.6'x0.5', weak concentration. Nearly on a line between a mag 11.2 star 2.6' WNW and a mag 10.2 star 4.7' ESE. Brightest member of AGC 2193 with several cluster members in the field including PGC 14176 2.6' SW, PGC 128672 3.1' SE and PGC 14188 6.3' SSE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb