Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 3064 = LM 1-161 on 6 May 1886 and noted "mag 16.0, vS, E45°." A second listing I-162 (probably from a different date). The second entry mentions "same as 161?", so Dreyer combined them into NGC 3058. His rough position (nearest min of RA) is essentially correct - just 0.2 tmin east of MCG -01-26-001.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/25/00): very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, low even surface brightness. A distinctive group of mag 11-13 stars is roughly 5' NE. The brighter mag 11 stars form a rectangle with a 13th magnitude star in the center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb