John Herschel discovered NGC 1585 = h2643 on 6 Dec 1834 and logged "pF, S, R, gbM, a * 12 mag prec. 2 seconds; pos from centre of neb. = 287.8 degrees." His position is 1' N of center and the description is accurate.

400/500mm - 18" (12/30/08): at 175x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, ~35"x30", very small brighter core. A mag 12.6 star is attached to the west edge and three mag 10 stars lies within 6'. Located 14' SSW of mag 6.5 HD 28552. IC 2068 is in the field 11' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb