John Herschel discovered NGC 585 = h129 on 20 Dec 1827 and reported "vF; R; bM; 25" [diameter]." His position was off by 7 sec of RA west and 1' S.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/1/92): faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 E-W, 1.2'x0.4', small bright core, faint thin extensions. This is an outlying member of AGC 194 cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb