LEDA 1002631, located 3.5' E, appeared extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter. Situated 40" S of a mag 11.5 star.

Sherburne Wesley Burnham Burnham discovered IC 168 = J. 2-539 on 7 Oct 1891 while observing and measuring NGC 707. His position (published in 1892) is accurate. Javelle found this galaxy again on 17 Dec 1892, also while measuring NGC 707. Jermain Porter also found it independently in 1908 with the 16-inch Clark refractor at the Cincinnati Observatory and reported it as a nova. A micrometric position was published in a long table of mostly NGC positions.

600/800mm - 24" (11/7/18): at 375x; moderately bright, small, high surface brightness! Elongated 2:1 E-W, 30"x15", very small bright nucleus. A mag 11.5 star is less than 4' E. Located 15' WSW of NGC 707.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb