This galaxy lies at a distance of 1.1 billion light years and is included in Ogle's "Catalog of the Most Optically Luminous Galaxies at z<0.3".

Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1103 = J. 1-344 on 20 Jul 1892. His position is accurate. This galaxy isn't included in the PGC and HyperLEDA only uses a LEDA designation. Megastar has it identified as a MAC.

600/800mm - 24" (7/1/19): at 282x and 375x; between faint and fairly faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, ~20"x15", very small brighter nucleus, occasional stellar nucleus. Located 15' NNW of mag 5.9 HD 134943 and 17' WSW of the bright double star STF 1919 (6.7/7.4 at 23").

Notes by Steve Gottlieb