E.E. Barnard independently discovered IC 1888, along with IC 1887, on 23 Nov 1888 while sweeping near Algol with the 12-inch refractor at Lick Observatory. The discovery was communicated directly to Dreyer. Lewis Swift discovered this pair just two and half months earlier and reported it in his 8th discovery list (#18). So, IC 1888 = IC 293.

600/800mm - 24" (12/20/17): at 375x; faint, small, round, 20" diameter, broad and weak concentration. Situated in a rich star field 6' SW of mag 8.1 HD 19663 (a wide pair). This member of AGC 426 lies 14' SSW of NGC 1224, which was the previous target.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb