Lewis Swift discovered IC 979 = Sw. X-25 on 3 May 1891 and reported "eeF; pS; R; e diff." His RA is 15 seconds of time too small. There are a couple of other galaxies in the vicinity, but they are fainter so less likely to have been picked up by Swift.

600/800mm - 24" (6/12/18): at 282x; fairly faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 N-S, 0.6'x0.4', brighter core increases a little to the center. A mag 11.6 star is 2' NE. UGC 9055, located 5' NE, appeared faint, small, roundish, 25" diameter, low even surface brightness. First in the WBL 470 group with IC 946 9' ENE. Mag 8.1 HD 120877 lies 7.5' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb