Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1173 = J. 1-371 on 15 Aug 1892. His position is 0.7' too far south-southeast.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/8/96): extremely faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, low even surface brightness. Forms western vertex of a triangle with two mag 11 and 12 stars 2.2' SSE and 3.1' NE. Located 20' S of NGC 6047 in the southern portion of AGC 2151. IC 1186 lies 8.4' SE.

600/800mm - 24" (6/21/17): at 375x; faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 or 5:3 SW-NE, 25"x15", low surface brightness with no noticeable core or nucleus. A mag 12 star is 2' SSE. IC 1186 lies 8' SE and CGCG 108-108 is 6.6' WNW (among other nearby members of AGC 2151).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb