Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1682 = J. 865, along with IC 1680, on 29 Nov 1899. His declination is 2' too far south (correctly copied into the IC), but Harold Corwin found that Javelle applied the wrong sign to his north polar distance from his offset star. Once corrected, his position is excellent.

600/800mm - 24" (10/4/13): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 24"x16", weak concentration. Located 2.1' NE of mag 8.8 HD 8216. IC 1680 lies 4.8' WNW. Member of the NGC 507 Group and 18' due W of this galaxy.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb