Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 1562 = LM 1-128 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His rough position (nearest minute of RA) is 1 min of RA east of PGC 14956. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 using the 20" refractor at Chamberlin Observatory (repeated in the IC 2 notes) and noted that "1562 precedes the rest of the group over a minute [of RA]."

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/30/99): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very little concentration. A mag 14.5 star is close W. First of six in the NGC 1561 group (18' following).

17.5" (2/8/91): very faint, very small, round. A mag 15.5 star is 1' W. Located 20' W of the center of the NGC 1561 group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb