Guillaume Bigourdan found IC 1743 = Big. 250 on 1 Jan 1892. He noted "Could be NGC 716, which could not be found, but with a 20' error in declination." His position corresponds with UGC 1351. He was correct in assuming this object was NGC 716, though Swift's error was actually 40' in declination (too far south). UGC, MCG and CGCG label this galaxy IC 1743 because of the positional match, although the earlier discovery by Swift suggests NGC 716 should be the primary designation.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/4/93): fairly faint, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.5'x0.7', broad weak concentration but no nucleus. Located 8' WNW of mag 7.5 SAO 92682. Identified as IC 1743 in UGC, MCG and CGCG.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb