Lewis Swift discovered IC 711 = Sw. IX-30 on 11 May 1890 and recorded "eeeF; pS; R; F * close sp. 3rd of 4 [with IC 708, 709 and 712]."

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/22/95): very faint, extremely small, round, 15" diameter. Located 1.0' NE of a mag 14.5/15.5 double star in the core of AGC 1314. On the DSS the fainter "star" is a compact galaxy, IC 712 lies 7.3' N and brightest member IC 708 is 10' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb