John Herschel discovered NGC 3014 = h644 on 19 Feb 1830 (sweep 234) and noted "eF; L; 60". The preceding of two [with NGC 3022]. There is nothing at his position (the dec is marked as uncertain or approximate) though the NGC position is 30' further north (no reason given in the notes) and 2' south of this corrected position is MCG -01-25-043 = PGC 28222.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/29/97): very faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 0.8' diameter, low even surface brightness. A mag 15 star is very close WSW [38" from the center]. A pair of mag 14 stars [19" separation] lie 3' N.

600/800mm - 24" (4/14/18): at 282x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 ~N-S, ~32"x24", broad concentration with a slightly brighter core, no nucleus. A mag 14.7 star is close off the W side [0.7' WSW of center]. A pair of mag 13.5/14 stars at ~20" separation lies 2.5' N. Two mag 8 and 9 stars lie 8' S and 9.5' SSE, respectively. The 8th mag star (HD 85032) has an obvious orange tint (M1-type). NGC 3014 is a member of the USGC S144 group with brightest member NGC 3022 27' SSE.

MCG -01-25-045, located 14.5' SE, appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, 25"-30" diameter, very small bright core, occasional stellar nucleus. A mag 14 star is 1' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb