Lewis Swift discovered IC 1244 = Sw. VIII-92 = Sw. IX-73 on 13 May 1889 and reported "vF; pS iR; bet. a F and a pB *; 3 st in line nr." His position is 12 seconds of RA west (2.5') of UGC 10739 and his description fits. He found this galaxy again on 15 Sep 1889 and reported it as new in his 9th list with description "pF; pS; R; bet. 2 st." His position was 6' too far south, but matches in RA. UGC fails to identify its UGC 10739 as IC 1244.

600/800mm - 24" (7/18/17): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, small bright core, 30" diameter. A mag 15 star is near the south edge [24" from center] and an 11th mag star is 2' WNW. Located 38' NE of mag 5.4 HD 155103 and 1° SE of mag 3.1 Pi Her.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb