Lewis Swift discovered IC 1083 = Sw. VII-55 on 2 Aug 1888 and reported "eeF; S; R; D * in field f." His position is less than 2' NW of PGC 53362 and the double star following clinches the identification.

600/800mm - 24" (7/10/18): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3, ~24"x18", broad gradual concentration but no well defined core or nucleus. A 15" pair (uncatalogued) of mag 11.8/12.5 stars is 7' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb