ESO 477-020, situated just 3.4' SW, appeared slightly fainter (nearly fairly faint), small, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, 30"x20". A mag 13.5 star is 1' ENE and a mag 15.5 star was just visible 1' SE.

ESO 477-022, situated 11' NE, was very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~E-W, brighter along the major axis, ~40"x20". Situated 3' NNE of a mag 9.5 star.

Lewis Swift discovered IC 1768 = Sw. XI-33 on 8 Oct 1896 and reported "eeeF; pS; R; 3 9m st near sf form equilateral triangle; ee diff[icult]." His position is about 4' S of ESO 477-021 and the three bright stars are south-following. But his position is also 3' SE of ESO 477-020 and the MCG chose this galaxy as IC 1768. As ESO 477-021 is brighter by a 1/2 mag or so, it is much more likely the one Swift found. Swift's combined 11th list gives the discovery date on the 18th but he apparently left for a trip to the east coast on that date and in an earlier published list in AJ, the discovery date is stated as 8 October.

600/800mm - 24" (11/7/18): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, broad weak concentration. Three mag 9.5-10.5 in an equilateral triangle (sides ~3.5') lies roughly 7' SE. IC 1768 is the brightest in a collinear trio with comparable redshifts.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb