Stephane Javelle discovered IC 9 = J. I-6 on 23 Aug 1892 with the 30-inch refractor at the Nice Observatory. He recorded "vF, roundish, 1' diameter" and measured an accurate position. Dreyer assumed Truman Safford's Sf. 89 was an earlier discovery of this galaxy and credited Safford, but he discovered nearby IC 6.

600/800mm - 24" (9/1/16): fairly faint, small, round, 18". Contains a stellar nucleus embedded in a faint halo.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb