John Herschel discovered NGC 319 = h4007, along with NGC 322, on 5 Sep 1834 and remarked "eF; vS; R; lbM." His CGH position has a typo of 23h instead of 00h in RA, but he corrected this mistake in his errata list at the end.

600/800mm - 24" (10/5/13): at 225x appeared faint to fairly faint, small, slightly elongated ~N-S, 20"x15". NGC 322 lies 7' NNE. Despite an elevation of only 10°, both galaxies were easily seen.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb