Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 26 on 14 Sep 1865 with an 11" refractor at Copenhagen and made a total of 3 observations. His position and descriptions (combined in the NGC as "vF, pL, R, 2 F stars north) matches UGC 94 = PGC 732. Dreyer independently found this galaxy using LdR's 72" on 28 Sep 1875 and recorded "eF, pL, R. Clouds came on."

300/350mm - 13" (12/18/82): very faint, fairly small, oval.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, broad concentration. Two mag 13.5 stars are 1.0' NE and 1.2' N of center. Forms a pair with NGC 23 9' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb