Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1300 (= GC 689 = JH 2522, 1860 RA 03 13 23, NPD 109 55.1) is "considerably bright, very large, very much extended, pretty suddenly very much brighter middle". The position precesses to RA 03 19 42.7, Dec -19 24 30, within the northern rim of the nucleus of the galaxy listed above, the description fits and there is nothing else nearby, so the identification is certain.
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity relative to the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation of 1430 km/sec (and H₀ = 70 km/sec/Mpc), NGC 1300 is about 65 to 70 million light years away, in good agreement with redshift-independent distance estimates of about 45 to 75 million light years. Given that and its apparent size of about 6.45 by 5.5 arcmin (from the images below), the galaxy is about 125 thousand light years across.
Usage By The de Vaucouleurs Atlas: NGC 1300 is used by the de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies as an example of galaxy type SB(s)b. The classification type listed above is taken from the NED, and given the images below seems as reasonable as the de Vaucouleurs classification.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1301 (Ormond Stone list I (#103), 1860 RA 03 13 40, NPD 109 03.6) is "very faint, much extended 135°".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.2 by 0.5 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1302 (Barnard, 1860 RA 03 13 50, NPD 116 34.3) is "small, round, pretty suddenly very much brighter middle, 9th magnitude star 1 arcmin northwest".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.9 by 3.7 arcmin?
Use By The de Vaucouleurs Atlas: NGC 1302 is used by the de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies as an example of galaxy type (R₂')SAB(rs)0/a.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1303 (= GC 5310, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 03 13 51, NPD 97 54.0) is "very faint, several stars involved".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.05 by 0.75 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1304 (= GC 690 = WH III 444, 1860 RA 03 14 08, NPD 95 08.2) is "extremely faint, very small". The position precesses to RA 03 21 06.1, Dec -04 37 46, only 3 arcmin southwest of the most likely candidate, and there is nothing else nearby, so the identification is reasonably certain. (The possible duplicate listing as NGC 1307 is discussed at that entry.)
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.15 by 0.6 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1305 (= GC 5311, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 03 14 20, NPD 92 48.3) is "pretty bright, pretty small, round, 16th magnitude star attached".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.5 by 1.0 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1306 (Ormond Stone list I (#104), 1860 RA 03 14 45, NPD 116 02.6) is "very faint, very small, gradually brighter middle, magnitude 10.5 star 4 arcmin to east".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.85 by 0.7 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1307 (Leavenworth list II (#366), 1860 RA 03 15 19, NPD 95 03.5) is "extremely faint, very small, round, 9.5 magnitude star to northeast". The position precesses to RA 03 22 17.2, Dec -04 33 15, a couple of arcmin southwest of PGC 12637, a 16th magnitude galaxy, and that was presumed to be NGC 1307 by some investigators. However, most references have accepted Corwin's suggestion that Leavenworth's object is a misrecording of NGC 1304, with a (fairly common) reversal of the nearby star's direction and an overestimate of its brightness. That argument is not totally convincing, but PGC 12637 is so faint that it is unlikely that Leavenworth could have seen it, and if he could he would certainly have seen NGC 1304 while "sweeping" eastward across the sky (that is, watching the sky move westward through the field of view of his telescope). So it seems probable that Corwin's suggestion is correct, or that Leavenworth's object is lost.
Physical Information: Given the possible duplicate entry, see NGC 1304 for anything else.

Historical Misidentification: As discussed in the entry for NGC 1307, its recorded position is close to PGC 12637; but that object is too faint to have been seen by Francis Leavenworth, so its identification as NGC 1307 is certainly wrong.
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 8700 km/sec, PGC 12637 is about 400 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of 0.65 by 0.25 arcmin (from the images below), it is about 70 thousand light years across.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1308 (= GC 691 = WH III 568, 1860 RA 03 15 26, NPD 93 15.7) is "extremely faint, small, irregular figure, among 3 or 4 stars".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.0 by 0.75 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1309 (= GC 692 = JH 2523 = WH I 106, 1860 RA 03 15 36, NPD 105 54.2) is "considerably bright, considerably large, irregularly round, gradually brighter middle, 8th magnitude star 4 arcmin southwest".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.3 by 2.2 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1310 (= GC 693 = JH 2524, 1860 RA 03 15 42, NPD 127 38.6) is "a globular cluster, very faint, pretty large, round, very gradually very little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 3.2 by 3.1 arcmin including the fainter northern and southern regions, and about 3.2 by 2.2 arcmin for the more obvious structure (from the images below). A member of the Fornax Cluster (FCC 13). Almost certainly a starburst galaxy.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1311 (= GC 694 = JH 2525, 1860 RA 03 16 00, NPD 142 41.0) is "faint, pretty large, much extended 37°, gradually brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.0 by 0.8 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1312 (= GC 5061, Sidney Coolidge (#5, HN 23), 1860 RA 03 16 29, NPD 89 19.1) is "faint". Per Corwin, misidentified as PGC 12682 in the RC3, but there is no doubt that it is actually the pair of stars listed above.
Physical Information: The southwestern star is about magnitude 12.7, while the northeastern one is about magnitude 14.8.

Historical Identification: PGC 12682 was misidentified as NGC 1312 in the RC3 and as a result it may still be misidentified in other places; so this entry serves as a warning about that.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.3 by 0.25 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1313 (= GC 695 = JH 2528, Dunlop 206 (& 205 and 207?), 1860 RA 03 16 34, NPD 156 59.6) is "pretty bright, large, extended, very gradually brighter middle, mottled but not resolved".
Physical Information: NGC 1313 is a "starburst" galaxy, in which unusually large numbers of hot, bright young stars are forming. Most such galaxies have recently suffered collisions or near-collisions with neighboring galaxies, but NGC 1313 appears to be essentially alone. It is possible that as in the case of our nearest neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, which appears to have been greatly affected by a collision with a nearby dwarf elliptical, NGC 1313 was involved with a much smaller galaxy which is hidden from view behind it; but barring such an unlikely explanation, there is no good model currently able to explain its unusually active structure. NGC 1313's recessional velocity of only 470 km/sec is too small to give a reliable distance based on the Universal expansion, but ignoring that fact, the corresponding distance of about 20 million light years is in reasonable agreement with redshift-independent distance estimates of 10 to 15 million light years. Using a distance of 15 million light years its apparent size of 9.1 by 6.9 arcmin would make it about 40 thousand light years across.
Note About "Companions": A few of the scattered star-froming regions in NGC 1313 have been listed as possible companion galaxies, rather than as part of NGC 1313 itself; and just as our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of small galaxies that are merging with it (and several "star streams" in our galaxy are the remnants of such galaxies that have already merged with it), some of the "knots" in NGC 1313 may be similar "companions"; but there is no present way to determine whether that is true for any of NGC 1313's star-forming regions, or any current reason to treat any of them as separate objects.
Use By The de Vaucouleurs Atlas: NGC 1313 is used by the de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies as an example of galaxy type SB(s)dm.

Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.25 by 0.3 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1314 (Leavenworth list II (#367), 1860 RA 03 16 48, NPD 94 40.5) is "a 10th magnitude star with an extremely faint, considerably large, extended nebula to south".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.6 by 1.4 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1315 (= GC 696 = JH 2526, 1860 RA 03 16 55, NPD 111 52.3) is "pretty bright, small, round, gradually brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.7 by 1.5 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1316 (= GC 697 = JH 2527, Dunlop #548, 1860 RA 03 17 20, NPD 127 43.7) is "very bright, considerably large, very little extended, very suddenly very much brighter middle and nucleus." The position precesses to RA 03 22 40.4, Dec -37 13 38, well within the southern half of the nucleus of the galaxy listed above, the description fits and there is nothing comparable nearby, so the identification is certain.
Discovery Notes: See NGC 1392 for a discussion of Swift and Barnard's observations.
Use By The Arp Atlas: NGC 1316 is used by the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as an example of disturbed galaxies with interior absorption, with the note "For(nax) A radio source. Short exposure to show absorption in center." Arp's image only shows the core of the galaxy, so strictly speaking that is Arp 154, not the entire region shown in the wide-field images below.
Physical Information: NGC 1316 is a member (FCC 21) of the Fornax Cluster of galaxies. Based on a recessional velocity relative to the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation of 1695 km/sec (and H₀ = 70 km/sec/Mpc), it is about 75 to 80 million light-years away, in almost inevitable agreement with widely-varying redshift-independent distance estimates of about 35 to 180 million light-years. However, the most modern distance estimate techniques (based on studies of surface brightness fluctuations and planetary nebula luminosity functions) yield a distance (about 60 to 65 million light-years) very close to the median of the redshift-independent distance estimates (55 to 60 million light-years), suggesting that the best "single" estimate of the galaxy's distance is about 60 million light-years. Given that and an apparent size of about ? arcmin for the core of the galaxy, about ? arcmin for its widely scattered visible outliers, and nearly a degree for its radio emission (from the images below), the central galaxy is about ? thousand light-years across, its visible features span about ? thousand light-years, and its radio emissions suggest an overall size of about ? thousand light-years for regions directly associated with the galaxy.
 NGC 1316 is the fourth-brightest radio source in the sky (whence the name "Fornax A"), and is undoubtedly the result of the merger of several galaxies at some time in the past. It is thought to be interacting with its companion, NGC 1317, but the small mass of that galaxy cannot be responsible for the region filled with scattered visual features, let alone the enormous region shown in radio images, so they are undoubtedly the result of past mergers, rather than whatever interaction is still ongoing.
Apparent size 11.0 by 7.2 arcmin for the central galaxy, but portions scattered by its interaction with NGC 1317 cover nearly 20 arcmin, and its radio-emission lobes cover nearly a degree.

Physical Information: PGC 12686 is an apparent member (FCC 186) of the Fornax Cluster, but is actually many times further away. Based on a recessional velocity of 12230 km/sec, a straightforward calculation indicates that it is about 570 million light years away. However, for objects at such distances we should take into account the Universal expansion during the time it took their light to reach us. Doing that shows that the galaxy was about 545 million light years away at the time the light by which we see it was emitted, about 555 million years ago (the difference between the two numbers being due to the expansion of the intervening space during the light-travel time). Given that and its apparent size of about 0.65 by 0.25 arcmin (from the images below), the galaxy is about ? thousand light years across.
LEDA B 14.67, I 13.22 -> V 14(?)

Physical Information: PGC 12688 is an apparent member (FCC 187) of the Fornax Cluster, but is actually many times further away. Based on a recessional velocity of 12315 km/sec, a straightforward calculation indicates that it is about 575 million light years away. However, for objects at such distances we should take into account the Universal expansion during the time it took their light to reach us. Doing that shows that the galaxy was about 545 million light years away at the time the light by which we see it was emitted, almost 560 million years ago (the difference between the two numbers being due to the expansion of the intervening space during the light-travel time). Given that and its apparent size of about 0.35 by 0.25 arcmin(from the images at PGC 12686) the galaxy is about 100 thousand light years across. It is a possible companion of PGC 12686 (which see for images).
LEDA B 15.4, I 14.1 -> V 15(?)

Physical Information: PGC 12687 is an apparent member (FCC 192) of the Fornax Cluster, but is actually many times further away. Based on a recessional velocity of 19610 km/sec, a straightforward calculation indicates that it is about 915 million light years away. However, for objects at such distances we should take into account the Universal expansion during the time it took their light to reach us. Doing that shows that the galaxy was about 845 million light years away at the time the light by which we see it was emitted, about 875 million years ago (the difference between the two numbers being due to the expansion of the intervening space during the light-travel time). Given that and its apparent size of about 0.45 by 0.25 arcmin (from the images at PGC 12686) the galaxy is about ? thousand light years across. It is an optical double with PGC 12686, which see for images.

Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.3 by 0.55 arcmin (from the images below). A member of the Fornax Cluster (FCC 33).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1317 (= GC 698 = JH 2529, Dunlop #547, 1860 RA 03 17 23, NPD 127 36.4) is "pretty bright, pretty small, pretty suddenly brighter middle." The position precesses to RA 03 22 43.8, Dec -37 06 20, right on the galaxy, so the identification is certain.
Designation Notes: See NGC 1318 for a discussion of its duplication of NGC 1317. See NGC 1392 for a discussion of its duplication of NGC 1317, and the ESO and RNGC misidentifications of NGC 1392.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 3.4 by 3.2 arcmin (from the images below). A member of the Fornax Cluster (FCC 22). Used by the de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies as an example of galaxy type (R')SAB(rl)a.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1318 (= GC 5312, Julius Schmidt (#a), 1860 RA 03 17 23, NPD 127 37.1) is "faint." The position is within 0.7 arcmin of the one Dreyer listed for NGC 1317 (which see for images) and falls on the same galaxy, so the equality of the two listings is inescapable. The question is, how did Schmidt fail to notice that when he was using John Herschel's catalog as a reference, and why did Dreyer create two entries when only one was required? Per Corwin, the answer probably lies in a typographical error in the text of Herschel's GC that put JH 2529 (= NGC 1317) twenty degrees north of its actual position. Herschel noticed the error while proofreading the publication, and corrected it in the errata at its end, but Schmidt must not have thought to check the errata, and therefore thought he had found a new nebula. And since Dreyer didn't have the time to check all the reports he collected against the actual sky, he accepted Schmidt's claim that there was another nebula in the region. So though odd, the error is understandable. What seems harder to understand is why no one noticed it for decades, leading to the presumption that NGC 1318 was "lost", instead of the realization that it was 'right there', in the form of NGC 1317 (de Vaucouleurs was the first to note the identity, more than half a century afterward). For those who wonder why I cover historical information in so much detail, this sort of thing is the reason; hopefully the information provided in these pages will help future observers avoid some confusion about the various NGC/IC objects and their proper identification.
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 1317 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1319 (= GC 699 = JH 2533, 1860 RA 03 17 46, NPD 112 01.0) is "faint, small, round, brighter middle, western of 2", the other being NGC 1325.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.3 by 0.65 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1320 (= GC 700 = JH 298 = JH 2530 = WH III 197, 1860 RA 03 17 49, NPD 93 32.1) is "faint, small, round, brighter middle".
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 2665 km/sec, NGC 1320 is about 125 million light years away, in perfect agreement with a lone redshift-independent distance estimate of the same value. Given that and its apparent size of about 1.6 by 0.55 arcmin (from the images below), the galaxy is about 55 to 60 thousand light years across. (There is another recessional velocity measurement of 4050 km/sec, but that would put the galaxy at 190 million light years distance, which seems unlikely given the other distance estimates; so that measurement may have been inadvertently attributed to the wrong object.) A Seyfert galaxy (type Sy 2). An apparent companion of NGC 1321.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1321 (= GC 701 = JH 297 = JH 2531 = WH III 196, 1860 RA 03 17 49, NPD 93 30.5) is "faint, small, extended east-west, double or binuclear".
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 2850 km/sec, NGC 1321 is about 130 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of about 0.85 by 0.5 arcmin (from the images below), it is about 35 thousand light years across. An apparent companion of NGC 1320. Low resolution images show an elliptical outline running east and west, but higher resolution images show a bright core running nearly at right angles to that, suggesting a complex structure; unfortunately all available images overexpose the brighter regions and underexpose the fainter ones, or overexpose the entire galaxy, making it difficult to show that structure. (I will try to address that problem in the next iteration of this page.)

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1322 (= GC 702 = JH 2532, 1860 RA 03 17 53, NPD 93 25.1) is "very faint, very small, round, brighter middle".
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 6075 km/sec, NGC 1322 is about 280 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of about 1.1 by 0.9 arcmin (from the images below), it is about 80 thousand light years across.
NED 3K Vr 6243 km/sec

Physical Information:
LEDA B 16.82, I 15.17 -> V (16 - 16.5)?; NED 16.82(B), .26 x .24 arcmin, 3K Vr 5833 km/sec, so possibly but probably not an actual companion of 1322

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1323 (= GC 703, 3rd Lord Rosse, 1860 RA 03 17 53, NPD 93 19.2) is "extremely faint, extremely small, 13th magnitude star 25± arcsec to southwest".
Discovery Notes: Although Dreyer credits the discovery to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, he notes that many of Rosse's nebular discoveries were actually made by one of his assistants, in this case George Stoney.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.1 by 0.25 arcmin (from the images below, including the extensions to the west and east northeast).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1324 (= GC 704 = JH 299 = WH III 445, 1860 RA 03 18 05, NPD 96 14.2) is "very faint, pretty small, pretty much extended".
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 5670 km/sec, NGC 1324 is about 265 million light years away, in good agreement with redshift-independent distance measurements of 250 to 260 million light years. Given that and its apparent size of 2.1 by 0.8 arcmin, it is about 160 thousand light years across.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1325 (= GC 705 = JH 2534 = WH IV 77, 1860 RA 03 18 18, NPD 112 01.8) is "faint, much extended 239°, cometic, 9.5 magnitude star attached".
Physical Information: Apparent size 4.8 by 1.6 arcmin?

Physical Information: Apparent size of about 2.3 by 2.2 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1326 (= GC 706 = JH 2535, 1860 RA 03 18 38, NPD 126 58.2) is "a planetary nebula? pretty small, very suddenly very much brighter middle and nucleus".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 4.7 by 3.7 arcmin (from the images below). A member (FCC 29) of the Fornax Cluster. Used by the de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies as an example of galaxy type (R₁)SAB(r)0/a.

Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 1830 km/sec, PGC 12783 is about 85 million light years away, in poor agreement with fairly convincing redshift-independent distance estimates of 50 to 65 million light years, indicating that the galaxy has a peculiar (non-Hubble expansion) velocity of nearly 600 km/sec in excess of the Hubble expansion velocity. Assuming a distance of 60 million light years its apparent size of 1.9 by 1.7 arcmin(?) corresponds to about 35 thousand light years. It appears to be part of an interacting pair with PGC 12788 (which see for more about that), but whether they are at the same distance is very uncertain. The galaxy is listed as a member (FCC 37) of the Fornax Cluster, but unless it has a very large peculiar velocity it probably lies beyond the Cluster.

Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 1000 km/sec, PGC 12788 is about 45 million light years away, in fair agreement with a single redshift-independent distance estimate of 55 million light years. Assuming an intermediate distance of about 50 million light years its apparent size of 3.6 by 1.1 arcmin(?) corresponds to about 50 thousand light years. It appears to be part of an interacting pair with PGC 12783, but their recessional velocities differ by nearly a factor of two, and even redshift-independent distance estimates suggest they are millions of light years apart. However, they could be at the same distance of around 50 or so million light years, providing that they are passing through the same region at the current time, and separating at a rate of nearly a thousand km/sec. Only far better redshift-independent distance estimates can resolve the question. PGC 12788 is listed as a member (FCC 39) of the Fornax Cluster, but if so it would be among the closest members of the cluster.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1327 (Ormond Stone list I (#105), 1860 RA 03 18 45, NPD 116 10.5) is "extremely faint, very small, possibly nebulous". The second Index Catalog adds (per DeLisle Stewart) "3 very faint stars close together, no nebulosity". The position precesses to RA 03 24 45.1, Dec -25 40 42, nearly 40 seconds of time due west of (per Corwin) the most likely candidate for what Stone observed. Corwin notes that the positions measured at Leander McCormick Observatory (where Stone worked) were often accurate as to declination, but well to the west of the actual object. So the identification, though of necessity somewhat uncertain, seems more certain than not. However, the situation was confused by Stewart, who assumed that three (12th, 13th and 14th magnitude) stars to the north of Stone's position were what Stone observed. Corwin feels the triplet could not have resembled Stone's description even under the worst of observing conditions, but that the possibility deserves mention, so it is shown in the last image below. (Stewart's trio lies at RA 03 24 48.0, Dec -25 38 26)
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.0 by 0.35 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1328 (Leavenworth list II (#368), 1860 RA 03 19 06, NPD 94 37.5) is "very faint, extremely small, round, brighter middle and nucleus".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 0.9 by 0.7 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1329 (= GC 707 = JH 2536, 1860 RA 03 19 40, NPD 108 05.0) is "faint, pretty small, round, gradually a little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.55 by 1.35 arcmin (from the images below).

Physical Information:
Nearly identical 3K Vr to NGC 1329, so probably a physical companion

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1330 (Stephan list XII (#26), 1860 RA 03 19 45, NPD 48 48.7) is some "very faint stars in very faint, small nebulosity". The position precesses to RA 03 29 03.8, Dec +41 40 40, near the center of a small group of faint stars, but there is no nebulosity. Still, per Corwin, there is no doubt that this is the correct identification, as no nebulous objects can be fit to the NGC entry.
Discovery Note: Stephan's date of discovery based on his published data is Dec 14, 1881, which represents the date when he made what he considered an adequate micrometric measurement; but based on Stephan's original notes, Yann Pothier has shown that he actually made his first observation of what became NGC 1330 on Oct 13, 1869, as shown above.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1331 (= GC 708 = WH III 959, 1860 RA 03 19 54, NPD 111 51.0) is "very faint, very small". (See IC 324 for a discussion of the double listing, and problems with occasional misidentification of the object.)
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 1075 km/sec, NGC 1331 is about 50 million light years away, in reasonable agreement with redshift-independent distance estimates of 55 to 90 million light years. Given that and its apparent size of about 0.8 by 0.65 arcmin (from the image below), it is about 10 to 12 thousand light years across, making it a dwarf elliptical, as indicated by its "type".

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1332 (= GC 709 = WH I 60, 1860 RA 03 20 05, NPD 111 49.7) is "very bright, small, extended 114°, suddenly much brighter middle and nucleus".
Physical Information: Apparent size 4.5 by 1.4 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1333 (= GC 710, Schönfeld, 1860 RA 03 20 41, NPD 59 06.5) is "faint, large, 10th magnitude star to northeast (Auwers No. 17)". (Auwers' note states that the star is 7 seconds of time east and 2 arcmin north of the brightest part of the nebula.)
Discovery Notes: Auwers states that Schönfeld's position is taken from the Bonner Durchmusterung, from which the nebula was discovered. He also credits a discovery by Tuttle, published in the Monthly Notices 19, Number 6. He then confirms Tuttle's description by giving the star's position within the nebula (on the northeastern rim of the nebula, 7 seconds of time east and 2 arcmin north of the brightest part of the nebula) as measured with Auwer's heliometer, indicating that Auwers must have also observed the object at some time prior to the publication of his 1862 catalog.
Physical Information: Apparent size 6.0 by 3.0 arcmin? NGC 1333 is a diffuse nebular region forming young stars (many less than a million years old) which are obscured by and illuminate the nebula in a variety of ways. It is classified as a reflection and/or emission nebula, according to the region involved. At the top of the image below, light scattered by dust near a hot blue star is even bluer than the star itself (as in the case of sunlight scattered by our atmosphere). Below, equally bright stars are nearly hidden by clouds of gas and dust lying between them and us, while near the bottom, other regions glow with the reddish light of hydrogen atoms excited by ultraviolet radiation from stars completely hidden from view.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1334 (= GC 711, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 03 20 47, NPD 48 39.1) is "extremely faint, pretty large, a little brighter middle". The position precesses to RA 03 30 07.0, Dec +41 50 06, about 1 arcmin east-northeast of the galaxy listed above, the description fits and there is nothing else nearby, so the identification is certain.
Discovery Notes: The reference to Swift's observation is taken from Steinicke's historical database, and refers to Swift's observation of NGC 1334 (his list XIII #37) on the date shown above. Normally, Steinicke does not list any observer except the original one, the usual exception being when the later observation is considerably more accurate, and led to a change in Dreyer's NGC position in the IC1 or IC2 (Swift's position was accurate to 0.4 arcmin, but that wasn't enough of a change for Dreyer to bother to mention Swift's observation). However, Swift observed two objects on the same evening, the other (Swift XIII #36) being later listed as IC 323, which is the small group of faint stars shown on the right side of the wide-field image below, so that may explain Steinicke's deviation from his usual practice of ignoring such "unimportant" observations.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.5 by 0.75 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1335 (Stephan list XII (#27), 1860 RA 03 21 01, NPD 48 54.7) is a "very faint star in very faint, extremely small nebulosity".
Discovery Note: Stephan's date of discovery based on his published data is Dec 14, 1881, which represents the date when he made what he considered an adequate micrometric measurement; but based on Stephan's original notes, Yann Pothier has shown that he actually made his first observation of what became NGC 1335 on Oct 13, 1869, as shown above.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.1 by 0.6 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1336 (= GC 712 = JH 2537, 1860 RA 03 21 10, NPD 126 12.6) is "very faint, small, very little extended, gradually brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.9 by 1.4 arcmin (from the images below). A member (FCC 47) of the Fornax Cluster.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1337 (Swift list III (#26), 1860 RA 03 21 17, NPD 98 53.2) is "extremely faint, very large, much extended north-south".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 5.8 by 1.35 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1338 (Stephan list XIII (#24), 1860 RA 03 22 16, NPD 102 38.2) is "very faint, small, irregularly round, a little brighter middle, mottled but not resolved".
Discovery Note: Stephan's date of discovery based on his published data is Dec 15, 1884, which represents the date when he made what he considered an adequate micrometric measurement; but based on Stephan's original notes, Yann Pothier has shown that he actually made his first observation of what became NGC 1338 on Dec 18, 1883, as shown above.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.35 by 1.25 arcmin (from the images below).

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1339 (= GC 713 = JH 2538, 1860 RA 03 22 30, NPD 122 46.3) is "considerably bright, pretty small, round, pretty suddenly brighter middle, double star to west".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 2.3 by 1.75 arcmin (from the images below). A member (FCC 63) of the Fornax Cluster.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1340 (= GC 715 = JH 2539, 1860 RA 03 22 39, NPD 121 23.2) is "very bright, pretty small, a little extended, pretty suddenly brighter middle (? I 257)", the (? I 257) indicating that Dreyer thought this might be the same as NGC 1344 (see Discovery Note, below). The second Index Catalog changes that opinion, noting (per Swift) "To be struck out". The position precesses to RA 03 28 20.9, Dec -30 54 00, far enough from the correct position that Swift could find nothing in the area save for NGC 1344, and presuming that NGC 1340 was a different object, said it should be struck out as nonexistent. However (per Corwin), Herschel almost certainly did observe something, namely the same galaxy observed by his father. He simply made a series of careless mistakes, missing the transit required for an accurate position, then estimating the position using an incorrect reference star, so that he ended up with a position 10 arcmin due north of the object. (JH said he used 12 Eridani, but there is no such star, and Corwin concludes that he must have used α Fornacis, as that yields a position nearly identical to that for NGC 1344).
Discovery Note: In a note at the end of the original NGC Dreyer stated that (JH) 2539 "may be identical with I 157 (=JH) 2542, for (JH) has only one observation of each (in different sweeps) and gives but a rough place for (JH) 2542." If correct, that would mean that NGC 1340 was an incorrect measurement of the position of NGC 1344. As noted above, since Swift couldn't find anything at the position for NGC 1340, the IC2 said that 1340 should be "struck out" (deleted) from the catalog. Nowadays, however, standard practice is to keep the "to be struck out" entries in the catalog, to ensure that all the numbers have some entry, and simply treat them as duplicate observations when, as in this case, it seems certain that they are the same as another NGC entry, and either "lost or nonexistent" or some educated guess if a reasonable candidate can be found based on modern studies of the literature.
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 1344 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1341 (= GC 716 = JH 2540, 1860 RA 03 22 40, NPD 127 38.2) is "faint, small, round, 12th magnitude star to southeast". The second Index Catalog adds (per DeLisle Stewart) "not round, but much extended 140°". The position precesses to RA 03 27 58.6, Dec -37 08 58, right on the galaxy, so the identification is certain.
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.3 by 1.2 arcmin (from the images below). A member (FCC 62) of the Fornax Cluster.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1342 (= GC 717 = JH 301 = WH VIII 88, 1860 RA 03 22 41, NPD 53 09.6) is "a cluster, very large, about 60 stars".
Physical Information: Apparent size 17 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1343 (= GC 718 = JH 300 = WH III 694, 1860 RA 03 22 54, NPD 17 54.3) is "faint, very small, irregularly round, gradually brighter middle, double star very near".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.6 by 1.6 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1344 (= GC 714 = JH 2542 = WH I 257, 1860 RA 03 23 00, NPD 121 32.7±) is "considerably bright, pretty large, irregularly round, very gradually brighter middle". The position precesses to RA 03 28 41.3, Dec -31 03 33, about 5 arcmin east of a nearly 5 arcmin wide galaxy of considerable brightness, and there is nothing else nearby, so the identity as the galaxy above is certain. However, as seen in the title for this entry (per Swift), this is the same as NGC 1340 and and should therefore be "struck out" (see NGC 1340) .
Physical Information: Apparent size 4.8 by 3.1 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1345 (= GC 719 = JH 2541, 1860 RA 03 23 10, NPD 108 16.2) is "very faint, small, round, pretty suddenly a little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.5 by 1.1 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1346 (= GC 5313, Stephan list VIII (#12), 1860 RA 03 23 18, NPD 96 01.4) is "extremely faint, extremely small, round, brighter middle, 13th magnitude star to west".
Discovery Note: Stephan's date of discovery based on his published data is Dec 15, 1876, which represents the date when he made what he considered an adequate micrometric measurement; but based on Stephan's original notes, Yann Pothier has shown that he actually made his first observation of what became NGC 1346 on Dec 12, 1875, as shown above.
Physical Information: NGC 1346 has a recessional velocity of 4060 km/sec, but is obviously interacting with its companion, PGC 13005, so they are undoubtedly at the same distance. Based on their average recessional velocity of 4120 km/sec, the pair are about 190 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of about 1.1 by 0.8 arcmin (from the images below), NGC 1346 is about ? thousand light years across. NGC 1346 is a Seyfert galaxy (type Sy 1).

Physical Information: PGC 13005 has a recessional velocity of 4180 km/sec, but is obviously interacting with its companion, NGC 1346, so they are undoubtedly at the same distance. Based on their average recessional velocity of 4120 km/sec, the pair are about 190 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of about 1.25 by 0.45 arcmin (from the image below), PGC 13005 is about ? thousand light years across.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1347 (Leavenworth list II (#369), 1860 RA 03 23 41, NPD 112 45.3) is "extremely faint, pretty small, extended 130°, suddenly brighter middle and nucleus".
Physical Information: Arp 39 was intended as an example of a spiral galaxy with faint companions. In this case, PGC 12989 (NGC 1347) is the spiral galaxy in question, and PGC 816443 is the faint companion. Based on a recessional velocity of 1760 km/sec, NGC 1347 is about 80 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of about 1.3 by 1.2 arcmin (from the images below), it is about ? thousand light years across.

Physical Information: No independent radial velocity is known for this object, but if truly a companion of NGC 1347 (which see for images), then it is about 80 million light years away, and its apparent size of about 0.45 by 0.35 arcmin (from the images below) arcmin corresponds to about ? thousand light years.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1348 (= GC 720 = WH VIII 84, 1860 RA 03 23 42, NPD 39 03.3) is "a cluster, a little rich, stars large (bright)".
Physical Information: Apparent size 6.0 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1349 (Swift list VI (#13), 1860 RA 03 23 58, NPD 86 06.9) is "most extremely faint, small, round, between 2 stars".
Physical Information: Apparent size of about 1.5 by 1.45 arcmin (from the images below).