Lewis Swift discovered IC 2764 = Sw. XI-121 on 1 Jan 1898 and reported "pB; pS; R; 10m * close nf; 7m * f[ollowing]." There is nothing near his position, but 5 minutes of time following is this relatively bright galaxy that matches his description. MCG doesn't identify this galaxy as IC 2764, but it is correctly identified in modern sources.

400/500mm - 18" (3/19/04): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 35" diameter, weak concentration. A mag 11 star is just off the northeast edge 48" from the center. A mag 9 star (SAO 179902) lies 5.7' ENE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb