Aaron Skinner, assistant to Truman Safford at the Dearborn Observatory, discovered IC 1528 = Sf 88 on 23 Sep 1867 with the 18.5-inch refractor. The position published in the Dearborn discovery list (published in 1887) is 1.5' S of MCG -01-01-028 = PGC 312 (accurate in RA) and the identification is certain. Dreyer copied the position into the NGC appendix list, but he made an error of 4° in North Polar Distance in the IC position. As a result MCG -01-01-028 is not identified as IC 1528 in PGC or HyperLeda. The correct identification is given in NED and SIMBAD.

600/800mm - 24" (9/29/16): at 200x; fairly faint to moderately bright, moderately large, oval ~5.:3 WSW-ENE, ~1.4'x.0.8', appears to have a brighter bar along the major axis. The surface brightness is uneven awith subtle structure nd the periphery of the halo is not well defined. Located 12' SE of mag 8.4 HD 225211.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb