Ormond Stone discovered NGC 814 = LM 1-47 (along with NGC 815 = I-48) on 6 Jan 1886. There is nothing near Stone's position but his discovery sketch was examined by Corwin and it establishes NGC 814 = MCG -03-06-010 = PGC 8319 and NGC 815 = PGC 906183. In this case Stone's RA was 4 min of RA too far west. RNGC and PGC misidentify MCG -03-06-005 = PGC 7799 as NGC 814 and MCG -03-06-004 = PGC 7798 as NGC 815. Megastar and other sources based on the PGC may also carry this error.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/25/97): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.5', broad concentration. Located close NE of a mag 12 star [0.9' from center]. At moments appears to have a faint stellar nucleus. Forms a close pair with extremely difficult NGC 815 2.4' S. Due to a poor position by Stone, these objects are misidentified in RNGC.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb