Lewis Swift found IC 1213 = Sw. IX-61 on 19 Apr 1890 and reported "F; vS; R." His RA is 9 seconds too small. This galaxy was first catalogued as NGC 6172 = St. XIII-86 on 21 Jun 1884, but due to a misprint in Stephan's list XIII, the RA is 10 tmin too large. So, NGC 6172 = IC 1213 with priority to Stephan's observation. Because of the erroneous position for NGC 6172, the RNGC misclassifies NGC 6172 as nonexistent and UGC 10352 is labeled as IC 1213, instead of NGC 7172, in UGC, MCG and CGCG. RC3 has the correct identification.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/24/95): fairly faint, small, round, 30" diameter. Moderate concentration with a very small bright core which stands out well surrounded by a small halo. Preceded by three mag 13 and 14 stars within 3'. Located 9' NW of a mag 10 star and 11' NE of a similar star. Incorrectly listed as nonexistent in RNGC. Identified as IC 1213 in UGC, MCG.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb