Lewis Swift discovered IC 1153 = Sw. VII-66, along with IC 1152, on 4 Jul 1888 and recorded "pF; pS; R; bM, pB * nr nf, nf of 2."

600/800mm - 24" (7/14/15): moderately bright, moderately large,, round, 0.8' diameter, small brighter core. A mag 10.6 star lies 1.3' NE with CGCG 250-027 just north of the star. In a group (WBL 596) with IC 1152 5.5' SW. CGCG 250-027 appeared faint or fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 E-W. Contains a very small bright nucleus with faint extensions E-W (bar?).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb