William Herschel discovered NGC 193 = H III-595 = h37 on 21 Dec 1786 (sweep 657) and logged "vF; S; 3 or 4 stars in it, but I have not been out long enough, however I have no doubt." WH's RA was off so JH thought his observation was new: "vF; L; close to a *15. RA by III. 595, which this precedes 25.5 seconds." R.J. Mitchell observed the galaxy with LdR's 72-inch on 24 Nov 1854 and noted "Not L; R; bM; a bright star close sp; resolvable?". The NGC position is accurate.

WH also recorded nearby NGC 204 and noted "vF, vS, but I have not been out long enough, any may be a deception." His offset from NGC 193 clearly matches NGC 204, but he didn't assign it an H-designation.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/8/88): fairly faint, very small, round, sharp concentration. Located 2.6' WNW of a mag 10 star (9.9/10.6 at 2"). A mag 13 star is off the west edge. Member of the NGC 182 group with NGC 204 7' ESE.

600/800mm - 24" (12/12/17): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, 40"x32", sharply concentrated with a very bright, very small core. A mag 13 star is barely off the SW edge and a mag 10 star is 2.6' ESE. NGC 204 is 6.7' ESE (on line with the mag 10 star).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb