Ormond Stone discovered NGC 965 = LM 1-58 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. His (rough) position is a fairly good match with ESO 545-032 = PGC 9666.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/28/94): extremely faint, small, round, 0.6' diameter, no concentration, requires averted vision. A mag 12 star is 3.4' SSE of center. Located 11' SSE of mag 9.5 SAO 148446 at the edge of the 225x field.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb