John Herschel discovered NGC 307 = h77 on 6 Sep 1831 and logged "pF; S; E; 15"." His position matches UGC 584 = PGC 3367. This galaxy is located just south of the central region of AGC 119 but the redshift is only z = .013, which is 3 times less than the other cluster members so it is very unlikely to be a member.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/8/88): faint, very small, oval 3:2 E-W, small bright core. A mag 15.5 star (NGC 308) is 1' SSE. The center of AGC 119 lies 30' N.

600/800mm - 24" (9/28/19): at 322x; moderately bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 E-W, 0.9'x0.3', strong concentration with a bright core that increases to a very bright nucleus.

LEDA 212626, misidentified as NGC 308 in RNGC and PGC, lies 3' SW. It appeared extremely faint and small (V = 15.8), round, ~8" diameter. Required averted vision and only popped for a second or two at a time.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb