Albert Marth discovered NGC 919 = m 61, along with NGC 915 and 916, on 5 Sep 1864 from Malta with Lassell's 48".

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/20/90): very faint, small, elongated NNW-SSE. Third of three with the NGC 915/NGC 916 pair 7' W and fifth of six in a group (WBL 073)..

600/800mm - 24" (11/21/19): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, ~40"x15", irregular surface brightness [perhaps due to a dust lane]. A very faint star appears to be superimposed [a 16th mag star is ~8" S of center]. In a group (WBL 73) with NGC 915 and 916 ~7' W.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb