There is photometry for three stars near NGC 735, including the brighter one superposed on the galaxy. These are from a paper by Ron Buta containing photometry for galaxies: Host galaxy RA (2000) Dec s GSC V B-V Location NGC 735 1 56 36.7 +34 10 48 G 2315-0156 14.13 0.79 sup NW side NGC 735 i 1 56 37.9 +34 09 45 A 16.06 0.54 due S NGC 735 1 56 39.6 +34 09 45 A 15.96 0.84 S of SE tip The comment 'i' on the second star indicates that it is sufficiently isolated to serve as a photometric reference without problems due to background light from the galaxy. \Brian