Lewis Swift discovered IC 2130 = Sw. XI-79 on 13 Oct 1896 and reported "eF; pL; R; 8m * near[north-following]." His position is 3' too far southwest and the brighter star (mag 9.9) is 5' ESE, not NE. He probably found this galaxy again in Dec 1897, but his position for Sw. XI-78 (later IC 2129) is off by 30 seconds of RA and 5' in declination.

600/800mm - 24" (1/1/19): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~E-W, ~35"x15", low surface brightness. Contains a slightly brighter elongated core or bar. Located 32' WNW of NGC 1979 in a large group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb