Lewis Swift discovered IC 1993 = Sw. XI-62 on 19 Nov 1897 and logged "eF; L; cE; 7 1/2m in contact; ee diff." In his Astronoical Journal list (15th object is the 5th discovery list from Lowe Observatory), Swift mentions the star "nearly obliterates it" and has a note "it seems strange, although in close contact if not partly superimposed on the star, that it was not found long ago. I think it would, could it be detached from the star, be quite an interesting one.

400/500mm - 18" (1/21/04): fairly faint, fairly large, low surface brightness glow with just a very weak concentration, slightly elongated ~N-S, roughly 2.0'x1.7'. Located just 1.5' ESE of mag 9.3 SAO 194528! Outlying member of the Fornax I cluster on the northeast side.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb