I picked up a close double 10' WNW, which is listed in WDS as TDT 244 = 11.9/12.4 at 2.4". It was just resolved cleanly at 375x.

Lewis Swift discovered IC 1248 = Sw. VII-88 on 19 Jul 1887 and reported "eeF; pS; R; betw 2 st p & f." There's nothing at his position but 7.7' NNE is this galaxy and the two stars in the description match the sky. PGC has a separate entry, PGC 59740, for KAZ 455, but this is a duplicate of IC 1248.

600/800mm - 24" (7/20/17): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, ~35"x30", broad weak concentration but no distinct core or zones. Overall fairly low surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb