Lewis Swift discovered IC 836 = Sw. VII-28 on 1 Jun 1888 and reported "eeeF; vS; bet. 2 st 11 and 12 mag p and f close to latter; an eee diff. object." His position is 1.1' too far ENE, which is within his usual errors. This galaxy is not identified as IC 836 in CGCG, MCG, UGC, PGC as well as HyperLEDA.

600/800mm - 24" (5/20/20): at 225x and 375x; fairly faint, moderately large, thin edge-on, ~6:1 WSW-ENE, even surface brightness, except for a small brighter core. A mag 12 star is close off the east tip of the galaxy. A 14th mag star is nearly attached to the north edge, a bit west of the core. A mag 9.9 star is 7' due south.

24" (6/3/19): at 322x; very interesting edge-on! This galaxy is very thin, ~8:1 WSW-ENE, ~60"x8", tapers at tips. It extends directly west of a mag 12.4 star and a 14th mag star is just off the NW flank. Located 39' W of mag 6.0 HD113337.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb