Harold Corwin

IC 1293 is a small asterism of 5 or 6 stars. There is a brighter star less than an arcmin to the northwest. Swift suspected another "nebula" near to the southeast; this may be the fainter asterism at 18 40 54.5, +56 13 32 (B1950).

Howe was the first to suggest that this was not a nebula, but his description is a good match for a line of three stars well to the south at 18 40 35.4, +56 09 31. He says "It appears to consist of three stars of mag 14, of which the following one is nebulous." The east-northeastern of the line of three stars is actually a blended double; it could well appear nebulous at the eyepiece. But it is unusual for one of Howe's objects to be so far off the catalogued position without his mentioning it.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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