Stephane Javelle discovered IC 560 = J. 2-644 on 9 Mar 1893. His position is 1' too far south due to an error in the dec of his offset star.

600/800mm - 24" (4/13/18): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S. Contains a very small, round bright core with a low surface brightness halo extending 0.6'x0.3'. A mag 10.8 star is just off the south side [36" SSW of center] and a mag 14.3 star is 45" W. Located 5' SSE of mag 9.0 HD 84499.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb