Lewis Swift discovered IC 1505 = Sw. X-57 on 12 Nov 1891 and recorded "eeeF, pS, R, 3 pB stars following and 4 or 5 stars preceding, ee dif." His position is 13 seconds of time preceding MCG -01-60-020 = PGC 72133, but a good match in declination. Herbert Howe provided an accurate position in 1888-89 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/1/97): faint, small, round, 0.6' diameter. Brightest of trio with the interacting pair Arp 295 = MCG -01-60-021 6.6' SSE and MCG -01-60-022 6.7' ESE. Weak but even concentration to a small brighter core and a faint stellar nucleus.

900/1200mm - 48" (11/2/13): at 488x appeared bright, moderately large, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, ~45"x35", sharply concentrated with a very bright core and bright stellar nucleus. Forms the vertex of an isosceles triangle with the interacting pair (connected by a long tidal plume) Arp 295 = VV 34, consisting of MCG -01-60-021 6.7' SSE and MCG -01-60-022 6.7' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb