William Herschel discovered NGC 227 = H II-444 on 1 Oct 1785 (sweep 448) and logged "F, pL, lbM". The micrometric position from Engelhardt in the NGC is accurate.

300/350mm - 13.1" (10/20/84): moderately bright, very small bright core or stellar nucleus?

13.1" (9/29/84): compact galaxy elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, small prominent nucleus.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb