Delisle Stewart discovered IC 1579 = D.S. 118 from a plate taken on 3 Nov 1898 at Harvard's Arequipa Station.

600/800mm - 24" (10/6/18): at 260x; faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, ~30"x20", broad concentration with a slightly brighter core. The galaxy is located 15' ESE of mag 7.8 HD 4208 and is in line with two mag 13 stars to the south [by 1.6' and 4.0']. Even the elongation of the galaxy matches this line.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb