Lewis Swift discovered IC 1201 = Sw. VII-78 on 2 Aug 1888 and logged "eeeF; pS; iR; eee diff.; double star nr points to it; nf of 2 [with IC 1200]." The double star is probably the pair 3' northwest. The second galaxy IC 1200 is NGC 6079, although it is north-preceding, so IC 1201 is the "sf of 2".

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/18/87): extremely faint, small, edge-on NW-SE, difficult with averted vision. Located 7.7' SE of NGC 6079 on the Ursa Minor-Draco border.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb