Stephane Javelle discovered IC 562 = J. 2-646 on 8 Mar 1893. His position is accurate.

600/800mm - 24" (4/13/18): at 375x; fairly faint, very thin attractive edge-on, ~7:1 NNW-SSE, ~70"x10". Contains a slightly brighter elongated core, but no nucleus or noticeable bulge. A mag 15.3 star is off the NNW tip [56" from center]. A rough parallelogram of mag 10 stars (sides ~6'x4') lies east, with the closest star 6' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb