Edward Swift, Lewis Swift's teenage son, discovered IC 1099 = Sw. IX-46 on 8 Jun 1890. In his 9th discovery list Lewis reported, "eeeF; pS; R; midway betw 2 vF nr. st." The position is 2' too far SE, but the identification is nearly certain with the two stars 1' SSW and 1.5' NNE.

600/800mm - 24" (7/28/19): at 322x, fairly faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, very weak concentration with a very slightly brighter core. A mag 14.5 star is 2' SW and other stars are nearby. MCG +09-25-019 and -020 is 13' SSW.

24" (7/10/18): at 375x; faint, fairly small, round, ~0.7' diameter, weak concentration, slightly brighter core along a SW-NE axis (central bar). Bracketed by a mag 14.3 star 1.5' NE and a mag 14.5 star 1.0' SW, with a mag 15.4 star 1.7' SE. MCG +09-25-019 and -020, a very close pair of galaxies (25" separation), lies 13' S. -019 appeared faint, small, round, 20" diameter and -020 was extremely faint and small, 10" diameter.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb