Williamina Fleming discovered IC 2117 = Fleming 89 on a Harvard objective prism plate taken in 1901 at the Arequipa station. The emission spectrum was classified as type Pd in the Henry Draper catalogue (HD 32364).

400/500mm - 18" (7/9/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this is the brightest knot of nebulosity involving the LMC cluster NGC 1770. It is situated about 2' S of HD 268804, the brightest mag 11.2 star in the cluster. The total size of the nebulosity was ~2' diameter and mostly visible on the south side of the cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb