Lewis Swift discovered IC 1027 = Sw. VII-45 on 23 Jul 1887 and recorded "eeeF; pS; R; another or a few F st. nr." His position was just off the south side of UGC 9331 so the identification is certain. In 1900, Howe reported "Swift suspected 'another near'. I saw no nebula near by, but there is a star of mag 13, which was 0.7' south preceding."

600/800mm - 24" (7/1/19): at 322x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 35" diameter, nearly even surface brightness. IC 1027 is the brightest in a group with LEDA 2456695, situated just 1.7' N (at the same redshift). It occasionally "popped" as an extremely small glow using averted vision, so was marginally glimpsed at V = 16.2.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb