Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1619 = J. 3-832 on 28 Nov 1899 with the 30-inch refractor at the Nice Observatory.

600/800mm - 24" (10/5/13): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 20" diameter, very slightly brighter nucleus. Sandwiched between two mag 12.5/13 stars with a 1.4' separation and oriented SSW-NNE. Picked up 13' WSW of the NGC 392/394/397 triplet. UGC 692 lies 8' SSE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb