Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 304 = St IX-2 on 23 Oct 1878 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory. His position is accurate.
400/500mm - 17.5" (10/20/90): fairly faint, very small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, small very bright core. Forms pair with CGCG 480-021 4' WNW.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb