Herbert Howe discovered IC 1693 = Ho III-2 on 1 Jan 1900 and recorded "eF, vS, possibly only a faint star." His micrometric position matches PGC 73940, though Harold Corwin remarks that "This pair of objects [a faint star is superimposed] has also been confused with the middle (brightest) galaxy in the line, CGCG 385-099." HyperLeda does not equate PGC 73940 with IC 1693 (as of Sept '15).

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/19/87): extremely faint and small, round. Forms a very close pair with a close double star, whose components are both mag 15. Located 2.0' SE of CGCG 385-099. Member of AGC 194.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb