Ormond Stone discovered NGC 1623 = LM 1-135 on 31 Dec 1885 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His rough position (to the nearest minute of RA) is essentially correct (30 sec too large). Stone's sketch also positively identifies NGC 1623 = PGC 1559. RNGC appears to misidentify PGC 75238 as NGC 1623.

400/500mm - 18" (1/21/04): very faint, extremely small, 15" diameter. A very faint superimposed star or stellar nucleus was intermittently visible. Member of AGC 496. The identification or position in the RNGC is incorrect.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb