CGCG 409-007, located 9' S, appeared faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 45"x15". Three mag 15 stars cradle the galaxy, all within 50" separation (S, N and W).

Lewis Swift discovered IC 1549 = Sw. XI-3 on 8 Dec 1895 and recorded "eeF, unequal D * f[ollows] 46 sec [on] same parallel." His RA is 22 seconds too large, but once corrected a wide, unequal pair (or trio) matches his description.

600/800mm - 24" (9/8/18): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 45" diameter, gradually increased to a very small brighter nucleus. A mag 14.7 star is 1.2' ESE and a mag 8.5 star is 13' WNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb