E.E. Barnard discovered IC 2106 on 25 Jan 1889. He described in his notebook "probably elongated N & S, not large, pF. 1' +/- N.f. 12m *. _ field following and 1' +/- N of 8 _ mag star." Lewis Swift found it again on 26 Dec 1897 and reported the discovery in list 11A (#73) as "eeeF; pL; components of D * 24s f point to it. His RA is about 35 seconds too small, but the description matches. Barnard never sent a discovery communication to Dreyer (this happened to several objects in 1889 including IC 454) and Swift is credited with the discovery in the IC.

400/500mm - 18" (1/21/04): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.7', fairly low surface brightness with a very weak concentration. Located 12' ENE of mag 8.1 SAO 169892. A wide pair of mag 12/14 stars at 30" separation is 5' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb