UGC 1493 lies 14' NE and appears fairly faint to moderately bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 E-W, 0.8'x0.3', fades at tips. Seems to have a sharper light cut off on the north side. A string of four mag 13-14.5 stars is close NE.

Lewis Swift discovered IC 179 = Sw. X-13 on 28 Jun 1890 with the 16-inch refractor at the Warner Observatory and recorded "pB, S, lE, 9m * near nf." His position is 8 second of time too far west. Herbert Howe measured an accurate micrometric position around 1900 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

600/800mm - 24" (11/24/14): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, round, high surface brightness (central region), 25" diameter, weak concentration to the center, possible very low surface brightness halo.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb