These two small galaxies were picked up in the same field (10' apart) while viewing 7th magnitude C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) in the same field of view! IC 1031 is located just 6.7' NW but missed viewing as it was outside of the field.

Lewis Swift discovered IC 1033 = Sw. VII-48 on 6 May 1888 and recorded "eeF; pS; R; 3rd of 3 [with IC 1031 and 1032]." His position is just 5 seconds too large in RA.

400/500mm - 18" (7/15/07): faint, small, round, 25" diameter, weak concentration. Brighter of a pair with IC 1032 2' N. Forms the vertex of a right angle with a mag 13 star 2.6' S and a mag 12 star 5' E.

600/800mm - 24" (6/15/15): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core, 25" diameter. Slightly larger and brighter of a pair with IC 1033 1.9' NNW and IC 1031 6.7' NW forming a triplet.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb