Lewis Swift discovered IC 1110 = Sw. VII-56 on 2 Aug 1888 and noted "eeF; S; vE." His RA is 19 seconds too small but the identification is certain.

600/800mm - 24" (7/8/13): at 320x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 WSW-ENE, 0.6'x0.15', very small bright core, distinct stellar nucleus. Located 15' W of mag 5.1 HD 136064. The center of the Ursa Minor Dwarf galaxy is 20' SW and IC 1110 is not far off the NE end.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb