Albert Marth discovered NGC 164 = m 12 on 3 Aug 1864 with Lassell's 48" on Malta and logged as "eF". MCG +00-02-089 is a good match with Marth's position. Bigourdan searched for this object unsuccessfully (too faint for his 11"). Engelhardt's position corresponds with a single star at 00 36 39.0 +02 43 46.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/6/88): extremely faint, very small, round. Located about 30' W of the NGC 182 group. Sighting not 100% certain but sketch matches POSS.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb