LEDA 73621 (2.7' N): fairly faint (B = 15.2), round, 20" diameter, very easy.

ESO 243-032 (6' NW): fairly faint (B = 15.3), elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 30"x15".

IC 1630 (11' NE): fairly faint, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 40" x15", even surface brightness. A mag 7 star is 6' NNE.

ESO 243-037 (12' SE): fairly faint, elongated 4:3 WNW-ESE, ~36"x27".

ESO 243-038 (13' SE): faint, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, 30"x20".

ESO 243-035 (15' SSE): fairly faint, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 30"x20", bright nucleus. In small quartet.

ESO 243-031 (18' NNW): fairly faint, very elongated 7:2 NW-SE, ~40"x12", small bright core.

ESO 243-029 (20' NW): fairly faint, slightly elongated, small bright core. A mag 13.5 star is at the SW side [25" from center].

ESO 243-027 (28' NW): faint, slightly elongated, 30"x25". A mag 14.4 star is off the SW end [43" from center].

DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 1625 = D.S. 138 on a plate taken in 1899 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "cF, vS, R, susp."

600/800mm - 30" (10/18/17 - OzSky): IC 1625 is the brightest galaxy at the center of AGC 2870 and is located just 20' SE of mag 3.3 Beta Phoenicis (4.1/4.2 pair currently at 0.6"). At 264x, IC 1625 appeared very bright, moderately large, slightly elongated N-S, ~1.25'x1.0'. The galaxy has a high surface brightness with a very bright relatively large core! Several of the nearby cluster members are described below. AGC 2870 is part of the Phoenix Supercluster, along with AGC 2877, which is centered just 1.1° NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb