Guillaume Bigourdan found IC 1530 = Big. 357 on 7 Sep 1888 while searching for NGC 7831. He couldn't locate NGC 7831 = UGC 60 at Swift's poor position so he assumed it was a new nebula. CGCG, UGC, MCG label this galaxy as IC 1530 because of the unambiguous IC position, though Swift's number should apply by prior discovery. For more, see Harold Corwin's identification notes and Malcolm Thomson's unpublished "Catalogue Corrections".

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/12/87): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated SW-NE, weak concentration. A mag 14 star is at the SW end 45" from center. Located 2.2' NNW of mag 8.9 SAO 53654. Identified in the UGC and CGCG as IC 1530.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb