John Herschel discovered NGC 212 = h2336 on Oct 28 1834 and recorded "vF, S, R, 15", the preceding of two [with h2337 = NGC 215]".

600/800mm - 30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 429x): NGC 212, along with NGC 215, are the two brightest members in the core of AGC 2806. At 429x it appeared moderately bright, fairly small, irregularly round, ~55"x45", broad concentration. A dozen members were easily picked up in the 23' field, though I didn't spend time looking for the faintest members. The nearest is 2MASX J00400662-5609299 just 1' WSW, while NGC 215 lies 6' SE. Located 25' NW of mag 5.7 Xi Phoenicis and just 2.4' N of mag 9.6 SAO 232142. 2MASX J00400423-5610499 is situated just 1' NW of the mag 9.6 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb