William Herschel discovered NGC 352 = H III-191 = h81 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 280) and logged "vF, mE." His position was poor but JH measured a fairly accurate (mean) position.

Harold Corwin's ESGC and the Deep Sky Field Guide (first edition) give an incorrect PA = 10°. Karl Reinmuth, in his 1926 survey of Herschel's objects based on Heidelberg plates, correctly gives the PA = 165°.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/30/91): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 1.5'x0.5', broadly concentrated with fainter extensions.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb