William Herschel discovered IC 1029 = H II-696 = Big. 185 on 15 May 1787 (sweep 736) and recorded "pB, S, E." His position matches UGC 9361. This galaxy is the brighter of a pair of edge-ons with fainter UGC 9347 9.6' NW. When JH observed the field, he picked up UGC 9347, measured the position accurately (mentioning the star at the edge), but assumed it was his father's II-696. JH used his position for h1838 in the GC and Dreyer followed in the NGC (NGC 5673 = h1838, but not H II-696).

When Bigourdan observed the pair of galaxies on 14 Jun 1887, he assumed UGC 9361 was new, measured an accurate position, and Dreyer catalogued Big. 185 as IC 1029. This is an unusual situation where an IC object was discovered earlier by WH! Note: Malcolm Thomson argues in his IC identification notes that(NGC 5673 = IC 1029. See(NGC 5673 for more.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/24/95): moderately bright, edge-on 5:1 NNW-SSE, 2.0'x0.4'. Contains a very small and round prominent core with a faint stellar nucleus at moments. Located 3.2' W of a mag 9.5 star. This is an unusual situation with a brighter IC galaxy (discovered by William Herschel) in the field of a fainter NGC galaxy (discovered by John Herschel).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb