Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 1519 = T I-14 = T V-2 on 2 Jan 1878 with the 11" refractor at the Arcetri Observatory. His ring micrometer position in list V is an exact match with ESO 550-009 = PGC 14514.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 ~E-W, broad concentration. Located 4.6' NNW of mag 8.8 SAO 149397.

600/800mm - 24" (1/1/19): at 260x; fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated nearly 4:1 WNW-ENE, low but irregular surface brightness, weak concentration, 0.9'x0.25'. Located 4.6' NW of mag 8.5 HD 26223. Brightest in a group (LGG 109 = USGC S137) with UGCA 88 13' W.

UGCA 88 appeared very faint, fairly small, round, ~30" diameter, low surface brightness patch, fades out at periphery so difficult to gauge the diameter.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb