Lewis Swift discovered IC 907 = Sw. VII-33 on 8 Apr 1888 and reported "eF; pS; R." There is nothing at his position, but CGCG, UGC and RC3 take UGC 8643 as IC 907. This galaxy is situated 20' N of his position and the only one in the immediate vicinity. Although UGC 8643 is likely Swift's object, his brief description doesn't give any clues to verify this identification.

600/800mm - 24" (6/3/19): at 322x; fairly faint, fairly small, nice edge-on 4:1 SSW-NNE, ~40"x10", slightly brighter core, fairly high surface brightness. Located 13' NE of mag 7.8 HD 118809.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb