Edward Swift, Lewis' 19 year-old son, discovered IC 1116 = Sw. IX-49 on 19 Jun 1890 and recorded "eeF; S; R." The position matches CGCG 077-085 = PGC 54848.

400/500mm - 18" (7/28/03): fairly faint, moderately large, slightly elongated N-S, 1.0'x0.8'. Contains a very small brighter core. Located 4.5' ESE of mag 8.7 SAO 120958 and ~15' SW of the rich core of AGC 2063. This galaxy is the brightest member of AGC 2063 although it is southwest of the main clump of galaxies. UGC 09821 lies 3' W.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb