Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 263 = LM 1-13 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His rough position is close to MCG -02-03-021 = PGC 2856.
400/500mm - 17.5" (10/13/90): faint, small, round, weak concentration. A mag 14 star is 30" W.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb