Lewis Swift discovered IC 1269 = Sw. VII-94 on 25 Jul 1887 and logged "eeF; pL; R; F * v nr nf; and other F * nr." There is nothing at his position but 19 seconds of time preceding and 2' north is UGC 11013. Herbert Howe has a long note on IC 1269 in his November 1900 list of observations in Monthly Notices. He notes the position given in the IC differs from his by 20 seconds and 2', and he was unable to verify Swift's description of "pL, 2 F st nr." Instead, he found an "eeF, vS" nebula with a number of faint stars near. This is very likely the same galaxy, except Howe only noticed the nucleus.

400/500mm - 18" (7/2/08): at 175x appeared fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 4:3 NW-SE, slightly brighter core. Bracketed by mag 13 stars 1.4' N and 1.4' NE as well as a mag 13 star 1.2' SE. Located 4.2' NNE of a mag 10.2 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb