Lewis Swift discovered NGC 1077 = Sw. I-23 on 16 Aug 1885 with the 16" refractor at Warner Observatory and placed accurately. This is a double system (with PGC 10465), though the brighter southwestern component is called NGC 1077B in the MCG. The RNGC magnitude of 16.0 is in error.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/23/92): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, almost even fairly low surface brightness. Forms a double system with NGC 1077b = MCG +07-06-068 at 0.5' ENE (not seen).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb