Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 335 = LM 1-21 on 9 Oct 1885 with the 26" Clark refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His very rough position is just 0.1 tmin of RA east and 2' S of ESO 541-006. He gave the same RA as NGC 336 although both are shown on his discovery sketch (examined by Corwin). Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1899-00 using the 20" refractor at Chamberlin Observatory.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/21/95): extremely faint, small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.3', low even surface brightness. NGC 336 lies 20' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb