Herbert Howe discovered IC 1880 = Ho. III-10 on 30 Dec 1900. His position was accurate.

600/800mm - 24" (12/6/18): at 375x; between faint and fairly faint, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, 0.5'x0.4', small slightly brighter nucleus. Situated 2' W of a mag 10.4 star. NGC 1214 (= HCG 23A) lies 13' NE and NGC 1208 is 12' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb