Frank Muller discovered NGC 1489 = LM 2-394 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 15.0, 1.0'x0.6', E 190? (SSW-NNE)." His position is 40 sec of RA east of ESO 549-042 = PGC 14165 and the position angle is a perfect match. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898 using the 20" refractor at Chamberlin Observatory (repeated in the IC 2 notes). MCG does not label this galaxy as NGC 1489.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/22/03): very faint, fairly small, elongated ~2:1 SSW-NNE, 0.9'x0.4', nearly uniform surface brightness. Situated between a mag 10.8 star 2.7' W and a mag 11.4 star 4' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb