Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1072 = J. 328, along with IC 1073, on 18 May 1892 .
400/500mm - 18" (6/17/04): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.5'x0.4', fairly smooth surface brightness. In a collinear triplet (second brightest) with IC 1071 5.5' S and IC 1073 2.8' S.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb