Lewis Swift discovered IC 1862 = Sw. XI-48 on 25 Nov 1897 and recorded "eeeF; vS; lE; 7m * in field sf; eee diff." His RA is 41 seconds too small, but a mag 8 star is 8' SSE, matching his description, so this identification is pretty secure.

600/800mm - 24" (12/20/17): faint to fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on 5:1 N-S, 1.0'x0.2', brighter central region but no distinct core, overall low surface brightness. Located 8' NW of mag 8.1 HD 17970. A mag 10.2 star is 5' NE. IC 1862 has a similar redshift as ACO S301 = Klemola 2 cluster (brightest member IC 1860), located 2.2° NNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb