Lewis Swift discovered NGC 1753 = Sw. V-67 on 31 Oct 1886 with the 16" refractor at Warner Observatory. His position and comment "s of [NGC 1740]" applies to MCG -01-13-048 = PGC 16610, though the direction is ESE.

Pietro Baracchi possibly made an earlier discovery on 28 Dec 1885 and reported "very faint, very small,vlbM, indistinct. He assumed he observed[NGC 1740 but his position is 40 seconds of RA due east of this galaxy.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/23/89): extremely faint, fairly small, low even surface brightness. A close double star mag 13/15 is 3' SE. NGC 1740 lies 10' WNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb