CGCG 108-040, located 17' SSW, appeared faint, small, round, low even surface brightness, 15" diameter.

CGCG 108-053, located 18' SSE, appeared fairly faint, small, round, 20" diameter, stellar nucleus. A mag 10.5 star is 3.2' W and a mag 9.6 star is 5' S.

Lewis Swift discovered IC 1156 = Sw. VII-67 on 15 Jun 1888 and reported "eeF; pS; lE; triangled with 2 nr. st. n[orth]." His position is accurate, though I assume he is referring to the mag 11 star north and the mag 10 star due west.

600/800mm - 24" (7/21/17): at 375x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, round, 30"-35" diameter. Contains a fairly high surface brightness core and a thin halo. A very faint mag 15.5 star is superimposed on the south side and a mag 14 star is 1.3' SSW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb