Lewis Swift discovered IC 2008 = Sw. XI-65 on 5 Oct 1896 and reported "eF; vS; eeeF; * v close north-following." His position was 5' too far southeast but the description matches. He found this galaxy again on 26 Dec 1897. His RA for Sw. XI-64 (later IC 2007) was 27 seconds too small, but the comment of the nearby star clinches the identification. So, IC 2008 = IC 2007.

600/800mm - 24" (1/1/19): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.4', very small slightly brighter nucleus. A mag 14.2 star is at the NE tip. Located 33' SE of mag 7.0 HD 24661.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb