NGC 3294 has hosted two recent supernovae, and as a result has a VRI photometric sequence around it. This was published by Ford et al., 1993 Astron. J., 106, 1101, along with a chart. Precise coordinates and photometric data are given below, extracted from my photometric reference file (http://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/bas/starcats/loneos.phot.gz). Although fairly faint, the stars have the advantage of being quite close to the galaxy and thus fitting within even a small CCD field. The stars can also be used for making a local adjustment of USNO-A magnitudes to the standard system. \Brian =================== Name RA (2000) Dec s GSC V B-V V-R V-I NGC 3294 3 10 36 11.4 +37 18 03 A 17.11 0.63 1.19 NGC 3294 1 10 36 11.5 +37 16 30 A 15.78 0.37 0.70 NGC 3294 2 10 36 21.6 +37 17 10 A 16.84 0.55 0.97 NGC 3294 4 10 36 28.3 +37 21 29 A 2518-1086 16.80 1.00 2.17