Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 1122 = B. 192 on 4 Jun 1889 and recorded "mag 13.5; 30"-40" diameter, eF stellar nucleus." Dreyer also credited Barnard with the discovery based on his announcement of a new nebula found on 15 May 1890 while searching for the asteroid Eucharis. But Barnard's observation referred to NGC 5931 instead. HyperLeda misidentifies IC 1122 as NGC 5931, but IC 1122 = LEDA 1326415. Corwin and Thomson concur that IC 1122 is not equal to NGC 5931.

600/800mm - 24" (6/13/15): very faint, very small, round, 12" diameter. Can just hold continuously with averted at 365x (6mm ZAO). Located 3' NW of NGC 5931.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb