Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 202 = St VIIIa-1 on 17 Nov 1876 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory. His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/8/88): very faint, very small, elongated NNW-SSE, low even surface brightness. A mag 14 star is at the east edge 0.7' from center. Located 7' S of mag 7.8 SAO 147387. Member of the NGC 182 group with NGC 203 5' S.

600/800mm - 24" (12/12/17): at 375x; faint to fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE. A mag 13.6 star is off the east side [42" from center] and a mag 15-15.5 star is at the NNW tip. Located 7' SSW of mag 7.6 HD 3703. Member of the large NGC 182 group with NGC 203 5.6' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb