In 1999, Cole et al.[8] used the Hubble Space Telescope to find that the dominant population of this galaxy has an age of ~7 Gyr. Using its Hess diagram, they found that its evolutionary history may be similar to that of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy. Both galaxies are classified as Ir V in the DDO system. Also in 1999, Antonello et al. found five cepheids of Population II in IC 1613, giving self-evident support for the existence of a very old stellar population component of IC 1613. In 1999, King, Modjaz, & Li discovered the first nova ever detected in IC 1613.[11]
IC 1613 contains a WO star known as DR1, which might be the only Wolf–Rayet star in the galaxy,[12][13] although a candidate WC+O binary, SPIRITS14bqe, has been found.[14] A Luminous Blue Variable candidate,[15] has been proposed but a revised classification led to a B2.5 III type.[16] Moreover, a rich population of OB-type[16] stars and OB associations[17] has been discovered.
There are many faint galaxies close to IC 1613, 14 of which are catalogued as members of a yet-unnamed galaxy cluster located at z≈0.20.[18]
^ abSkillman, Evan D.; Hidalgo, Sebastian L.; Weisz, Daniel R.; Monelli, Matteo; Gallart, Carme; Aparicio, Antonio; Bernard, Edouard J.; Boylan-Kolchin, Michael; Cassisi, Santi; Cole, Andrew A.; Dolphin, Andrew E.; Ferguson, Henry C.; Mayer, Lucio; Navarro, Julio F.; Stetson, Peter B.; Tolstoy, Eline (15 April 2014). "The ACS LCID project. X. The star formation history of IC 1613: revisiting the over-cooling problem". The Astrophysical Journal. 786 (1): 44. arXiv:1403.4609. Bibcode:2014ApJ...786...44S. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/786/1/44.
^ abcCole, Andrew A.; Tolstoy, Eline; Gallagher, John S., III; Hoessel, John G.; Mould, Jeremy R.; Holtzman, Jon A.; Saha, Abhijit; Ballester, Gilda E.; Burrows, Christopher J.; Clarke, John T.; Crisp, David; Griffiths, Richard E.; Grillmair, Carl J.; Hester, Jeff J.; Krist, John E.; Meadows, Vikki; Scowen, Paul A.; Stapelfeldt, Karl R.; Trauger, John T.; Watson, Alan M.; Westphal, James R. (1999). "Stellar Populations at the Center of IC 1613". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (4): 1657–1670. arXiv:astro-ph/9905350. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.1657C. doi:10.1086/301042. S2CID17566586.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)