Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 320 = LM 2-295 in 1886 with a 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. There is nothing at his position but 1.4 tmin of RA east is ESO 541-003 and his published position angle (160°) matches this galaxy. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1899-00 using the 20" refractor at Chamberlin Observatory (repeated in the IC 2 notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/6/93): faint, very small, round, very small bright core, very faint stellar nucleus, diffuse slightly elongated halo. A mag 12 star is 1.5' NNW. Located 15' SE of mag 7.8 SAO 166710.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb