UGC 8704, located 17' W, appeared moderately bright, very elongated ~7:2 WSW-ENE, very bright elongated core, ~0.7'x0.2'. Moderately high surface brightness and brighter than IC 942!

Lewis Swift discovered IC 942 = Sw. VII-34 on 17 Apr 1888 and reported "eF; pS; R." His position is accurate. Catalogued as CGCG 295-013, but not identified as IC 942.

600/800mm - 24" (5/24/20): at 375x; fairly faint, slightly elongated, ~25"x20", broad weak concentration. Forms the southern vertex of a triangle with an isosceles triangle with a mag 11 star 6' NNE and a mag 10.7 star 7' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb