Lewis Swift discovered IC 1141 = Sw. VII-60 on 12 Apr 1888 and reported "vF, vS, R.". His RA is 8 seconds too small, but matches in declination.

600/800mm - 24" (7/21/17): at 375x and 500x; fairly faint, fairly small, roundish, 20" diameter, contains a sharp stellar nucleus. A mag 15.5 star is superimposed on the west side and it was difficult to simultaneously view both the nucleus and the star. A faint triple star (components 14.7/15.3/15.9 with sides 11"/14"/16") lies 3' NW. IC 1141 is located 10' SSE of mag 6.7 HD 141589.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb