Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 989 = LM 1-60 on 9 Nov 1885 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. His (rough) position is 1.4 tmin east of MCG -03-07-034 = PGC 9762. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 using the 20" refractor at Chamberlin Observatory (repeated in the IC 2 notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/29/94): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very small brighter core. Located off the SE end of a string of four mag 12-13 stars oriented NW-SE and 6.0' NNE of mag 9.0 SAO 148466.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb