Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 1590 on 28 Oct 1865 with the 11" refractor at Copenhagen. His single position matches UGC 3071 and his comment "mag 12 star follows by 2.7 seconds of time and 1 3/4' north" clinches this idenfication.

300/350mm - 13.1" (11/29/86): faint, small, slightly elongated ~E-W. There is a trio of similar stars to the north with two mag 12.5 stars 2' NNE and 4.7' NW and a mag 11.5 star 4.4' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb