Albert Marth discovered NGC 2819 = m160 on 21 Dec 1863 and noted "pB, vS, R." Johann Palisa independently made an independent discovery on 2 Apr 1886 with the 27-inch Grubb refractor at the Vienna University Observatory. Palisa's micrometric position in AN 2783 is accurate. Both Marth and Palisa are credited in the NGC.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/29/89): very faint, very small, round, small bright core, fairly faint stellar nucleus.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb