John Herschel discovered NGC 80 = h16 on 17 Aug 1828 and noted "F; S; R; psbM; 15"." The NGC 80 group was observed 5 times with Lord Rosse's 72" and R.J. Mitchell's observation on 19 Sep 1857 reads "S; R; or nearly so; and lbM." The NGC position matches UGC 203 = PGC 1351.

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/29/84): moderately bright, fairly small, almost round, small bright core.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/19/87): moderately bright, fairly small, sharp concentration, very bright core, stellar nucleus. Brightest in a group with NGC 81, 83, 85, 86, 91, 93, 94, 96, IC 1546 and MCG +04-02-010. Forms a close pair with extremely faint NGC 81 1.6' NNE and NGC 83 is 5.3' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb