Truman Safford discovered IC 1302 = Sf 36 on 9 Jun 1866 with the 18.5-inch refractor at the Dearborn Observatory. He simply note "vF, undefined" and his position is 2' too far south-southwest.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/26/95): very faint, very small, irregularly round. Bracketed by a mag 11 star off the south edge 35" from center and a mag 14.5 star a similar distance north. Forms an interesting pair with IC 1303 9.4' NE in a rich star field.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb