IC 1757, which lies far in the background at 1.1 billion l.y., lies 1.5' E.

E.E. Barnard discovered IC 1756, along with IC 1757. The discovery date and telescope is unknown as he communicated the discovery directly to Dreyer, but he was probably observing with the Lick 36-inch refractor. The MCG misidentified this galaxy (MCG +00-06-005 as being IC 1757. The MCG error is mentioned in the UGC Notes to UGC 1429 = IC 1756.

600/800mm - 24" (9/28/19): at 322x; very faint, fairly small, very elongated 4:1 NNW-SSE, ~40"x10", low even surface brightness, no core. A mag 14 star is at the southeast edge and galaxy is a dim streak extending mostly NNW from the star. A mag 13.7 star is 1.7' SW.

900/1200mm - 48" (10/27/19): at 375x and 542x; fairly faint, moderately large, thin edge-on ~7:1 NNW-SSE, ~1.0'x0.15', brighter core but no significant bulge. A mag 14 star is just off the eastern edge, 0.3' SE of center. Two mag 13.7/15.5 stars close SW "point" to the SSE end of the galaxy. Forms a non-physical pair with IC 1757 1.6' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb