Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 209 = LM 1-10 on 9 Oct 1885 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His position is ~1.4 min of RA east of ESO 540-008 = PGC 2338. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 using the 20" refractor at Chamberlin Observatory (repeated in the IC 2 notes) and called it "almost a nebulous star." MCG does not identify -03-02-031 as NGC 209.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/3/88): faint, very small, round, small bright core. Located 70' SW of Beta Ceti.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb