Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 1185 = Big. 205 on 8 Jun 1888 and noted "star 13.3 accompanied with nebulosity of 20" diameter." His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/13/88): faint, small, round, small bright core. A mag 15 star lies 1.1' SE of center. Located 5.4' SSE of IC 1182 in the core of AGC 2151.

900/1200mm - 48" (4/5/13): bright, moderately large, oval 4:3 N-S, ~28"x21", small bright core. NGC 6054 lies 3.4' NNW. A mag 15 star is 1' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb