CGCG 496-050 = IV Zw 134, a merged double system, is 20' NW. It appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, 25" diameter, low nearly even surface brightness.

Truman Safford discovered IC 1473 = Sf. 58 on 1 Oct 1866 and remarked, "F, pS, F gbm." His position is just off the southeast end of the galaxy.

600/800mm - 24" (9/7/18): at 375x; either fairly faint or moderately bright, elongated 5:3 N-S, 50"x30". Contains a brighter, roundish nucleus with an irregular surface brightness [SDSS shows it as knotty]. Surrounded by three mag 14-15 stars about 1' N, SW and SSE. Located 20' E of mag 6.6 HD 218660.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb