IC 27, misidentified as NGC 135 in the RNGC and PGC, lies 20' ESE. It appeared very faint, small, slightly elongated ~N-S, very low surface brightness. Located 7.9' SSE of mag 8.9 SAO 147331 and 8.6' NW of mag 8.6 SAO 147330. MCG -02-02-051 lies 13' N.

Stephane Javelle found IC 26 = J. 1-18, along with IC 27 and 28, on 4 Nov 1891. This galaxy was discovered earlier by Francis Leavenworth on 2 Oct 1886 and reported in list I-5 (later NGC 135). His rough position, though, is ~2 minutes too far west, but the identification is secure based on his sketch. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position for NGC 135 around 1899 (repeated in the IC 2 notes) though Dreyer failed to equate NGC 135 and IC 26. So, IC 26 is likely an duplicate entry for NGC 135 (or vice versa). See NGC 135 for more.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/21/95): faint, very small, round, weak concentration with a slightly brighter core. Forms a quadrilateral with three mag 14 stars, all within 2'. Located 3.5' SW of a mag 9.5 SAO 147324.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb