Truman Safford discovered IC 1476 = Sf. 59 on 1 Oct 1866 with a Clark 18.5-inch refractor and questioned if it was "a small cluster?" There is nothing at his position, but exactly 1 minute of RA preceding is CGCG 496-060 = PGC 70764. Since he made similar digit errors in RA (e.g. IC 1026), this identification is nearly certain.

600/800mm - 24" (9/7/18): at 375x; faint, small, round, 25", low even surface brightness. The view is somewhat confused by nearby faint stars; a mag 15/16 pair is at the NW edge of the halo and a mag 16 star is at the SW edge. Located 42' SE of NGC 7512.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb