Lewis Swift discovered IC 1763 = Sw. XII-8 on 10 Oct 1897 and reported it as "eeF, S, R, 8m * S[outh], lf." His position is about 25 seconds of RA too far west (not unusual at all in last discovery list) and the 8th mag star 9' SSE clinches the identification.

600/800mm - 24" (11/7/18): at 260x; very faint, fairly small, round, 25"-30" diameter, low surface brightness with little or no central brightening (like a face-on Sc spiral). Situated 9' NNW of mag 8.3 HD 12225.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb