Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7569 = Sw. IV-93 on 6 Sep 1886 and logged "vF; vS; R; 3 faint stars south-following form a small right angle triangle." There are no galaxies close to his position or even stars to the southeast matching his description. But Harold Corwin was able to identify UGC 12472 as NGC 7569. This galaxy is exactly two degrees south of Swift's position (matches in RA) and there is a small right triangle of stars 5' southeast. So, the identification is nearly certain. No modern catalogue identifies UGC 12472 as NGC 7569 and RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent (Type 7).

400/500mm - 18" (10/25/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 E-W, 0.8'x0.6'. A distinctive group of four mag 12-13 stars is SE. The closest star is 2' SE while the other three are 4' SE and arranged in an isosceles right triangle with sides 0.9', 1' and 1.5'.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb