Lewis Swift discovered IC 5083 = Sw. XI-203 on 12 Aug 1896 and reported "eeeF; vS; p[receding] 8m * 13s same parallel; wide D * near n[orth]; ee diff." His position is 5' too far northwest, but his detailed description is a perfect match. Swift gave the discovery date as 1897 in his large 11th list, but it must have been found in 1896 as reported in his first Lowe Observatory list in 1896 AJ, 17. Howe measured an accurate micrometric position in 1898 or 1899 that was used in the IC2.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/25/00): faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, faint but sharp stellar nucleus. Located 4' due west of mag 8.8 SAO 106811. Forms a close pair with a mag 14 star just following.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb