Lewis Swift discovered IC 1222 = Sw. X-36, along with IC 1221, on 10 Jul 1890 and logged "eeF; pL; R; f of 2 [with IC 1221]."

400/500mm - 18" (7/12/10): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, brighter along the major axis [DSS shows this to be the "bar" of a two-armed barred spiral. A group of 4 stars is west-southwest. Forms a pair with IC 1221 11' NNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb