Lewis Swift discovered IC 1144 = Sw. IX-52 on 7 Jun 1890. He reported "eeeF; vS; R; 9m * sf." His position is 1.7' too far north, but the identification is certains with a 10th mag. star 6' SE.

600/800mm - 24" (7/21/17): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, ~0.5'x0.4', contains a very small bright nucleus, overall high surface brightness. A mag 10.8 star is 6' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb