Lewis Swift discovered IC 1057 = Sw. VII-51 on 8 Apr 1888 and reported "eF; pS; R; bet a pB* and a coarse D *, nearer the latter. His position is 2.3' too far SE. He rediscovered the galaxy on July 4th and it was recatalogued as IC 1056 with a more accurate position. Neither Swift nor Dreyer caught the equivalence as the descriptions and positions are enough different.

600/800mm - 24" (7/11/18): at 200x and 375x; fairly faint to moderately bright, 1' diameter, slightly elongated ~N-S, low surface brightness outer halo increases with averted, brighter core has a broad, weak concentration towards the center. Situated between a mag 10.5 star 2.6' W and a mag 7.8 star 6.6' E. Three additional mag 10 stars are within 7' to the SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb