Edward Swift, Lewis' 15 year-old son, discovered NGC 1009 = Sw. III-15 on 1 Jan 1886 with the 16" refractor at the Warner Observatory. The Swifts' published positon is 15 sec of RA west of UGC 2129.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/17/87): extremely faint, small, elongated WNW-ESE. A mag 11 star is 2' SE. IC 241 lies 6.2' WNW and NGC 1016 11.5' S in a cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb