Lewis Swift found IC 2041 = Sw. XI-68 on 29 Sep 1897 and recorded "eF; vS; R; 10m * close S." His position is 3.4' too far S. He originally discovered this galaxy on 10 Dec 1895 and called it "eeeF; eS; B * f; [NGC] 1532 p; 3 in field with D neb; ee dif." His position, though, was very poor, and both Swift and Dreyer assumed Sw. XI-69 was a different object. It's clear from the description, though, that IC 2048 = IC 2041.

900/1200mm - 48" (10/22/11): picked up in the same field with the showpiece pair NGC 1531/1532. At 375x, IC 2041 appeared fairly bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 NW-SE, ~35"x24", small bright core. Located 6' WSW of mag 7.1 HD 26799 and ~7' NE of NGC 1532. Member of the NGC 1532 group (LGG 111)

Notes by Steve Gottlieb