John Herschel discovered NGC 1572 = h2639 on 23 Oct 1835 and recorded "pF; S; R; 15"; has a * 13m, 1' nf." His position and description applies to ESO 303-014 = PGC 14993.

400/500mm - 18" (12/30/08): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE (central bar), ~0.9'x0.3', slightly brighter nucleus. A mag 12 star is just off the east side, 0.9' NE of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb