E.E. Barnard discovered IC 1441 = Big. 233 on 5 Dec 1888 with the 12" refractor at Lick Observatory. It is shown on his discovery sketch of IC 5192, 5192, 5193, and labeled as nebula "e". Bigourdan independently discovered this galaxy on 25 Sep 1889 and measured an accurate position. As Barnard's sketch wasn't published until 1906, Bigourdan was unaware of his observation and Bigourdan was credited with the discovery in the IC 1.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/15/93): third of 7 in the NGC 7242 group. Extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated, very low even surface brightness. In a close trio with NGC 7240 1.4' SE and IC 5192 1.5' SSW. A mag 11 star is 1.9' WNW.

17.5" (7/28/92): extremely faint, very small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE. A mag 11 star is 2' W. Forms a close pair with brighter NGC 7240 1.2' SE. Faintest in the NGC 7242 group with NGC 7242 4' E and IC 5191 3.5' WNW. Appears about 0.5 mag fainter than the 15.3p magnitude in the CGCG.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb