Lewis Swift discovered IC 2514 = Sw. XI-100, along with IC 2511, on 30 Dec 1897. He recorded "eeF; eS; 3 F st close f; sf of 2 [with IC 2511]." His position and description is good though Dreyer mistakenly wrote "north-following of 2". Swift found the pair again on 12 Feb 1898 and reported them as new. As a result, IC 2514 = IC 2513.

400/500mm - 18" (3/17/07): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 0.45'x0.3' (core region) with possibly very faint extensions, brightens to a quasi-stellar nucleus. Two mag 12/13 stars are close following and a faint star is at the ENE end. Forms a pair of edge-ons with IC 2511 = IC 2512 8' WNW. NGC 3038 lies 17' NE and a mag 10.7 star lies 3' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb