ESO 151-018, situated 7' ENE of NGC 348, appeared fairly faint, very elongated 3:1 N-S, 0.6'x0.2', small bright core. The extensions fade out at the tips.

John Herschel discovered NGC 348 = h2371 on 3 Oct 1834 and recorded "eF, S, R." On a later sweep he noted "eeeF, seems to have a vF star involved." His position and description matches ESO 151-017 = PGC 3632, with the faint star at the north edge.

600/800mm - 25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 244x and 397x; NGC 348 and ESO 151-018 form a contrasting 7' pair with two bright stars nearby. NGC 348 appeared moderately bright at best, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, at most 30" diameter, irregular surface brightness. A mag 14.5 star is at the north edge. The galaxy forms the western vertex of a triangle with mag 8.4 HD 6143 9' SE and mag 8.4 HD 6158 10' NE. A mag 10.8 star, 5.2' W of NGC 348, forms a larger triangle with the two bright stars, and the two galaxies are just south of this mag 10.8 star and HD 6158.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb