George Johnstone Stoney, Lord Rosse's assistant, discovered NGC 2294 on 22 Feb 1849. He noted "5 neb. in one field [with NGC 2288, 2289, 2290 and 2291]. It was labeled Epsilon on the field sketch. The positions of all 5 galaxies (computed by Dreyer and repeated in the GC and NGC) are offset 4' too far south and 9 seconds of time too far west. Hermann Kobold measured accurate positions in 1898 at Strasbourg.

300/350mm - 13.1" (12/22/84): very faint, extremely small, almost round, no details.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/19/87): fairly faint, small, oval ~N-S. Follows four stars on a line. Last of five in the NGC 2289/NGC 2290 group with NGC 2291 2.6' W.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb