Lawrence Parsons, the 4th earl of Rosse, discovered NGC 3013 on 18 Mar 1874. While viewing the field of NGC 3021 he found a nebula at 164.8" in PA 137.2° from a mag 8 star. His offsets point directly to CGCG 182-024 = PGC 28300. Due to a misprint in the NGC the declination was reported 40' too far north, although the earlier GC Supplement gave the correct position. As a result when Stephane Javelle found the galaxy again on 12 May 1896 he catalogued it as new in his 3rd discovery list (#1127). In addition, the galaxy was found by Keeler on a Crossley plate taken between 1898-1900 and included in a catalogue of new nebulae (#188) in the 1908 Publications of Lick Observatory, Vol. VIII. Dreyer realized the NGC error and corrected the misprint in the IC 2 notes.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/6/02): extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter. Located 3' SE of mag 7.9 SAO 61706 which detracts from viewing. Also a mag 14.5-15 star is 38" NE of center and confuses the observation. Situated between fairly bright galaxies NGC 3021 10' E and NGC 3003 21' WSW.

600/800mm - 24" (4/20/14): faint, small, slightly elongated, 18"x15". Situated 2.7' SE of mag 7.9 HD 85030. A mag 15 star is 0.6' NE. Located 10' WNW of NGC 3021.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb