Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 1886 = Big 254 on 9 Dec 1893, He noted the mag 13 star to the south.
400/500mm - 17.5" (1/7/89): very faint, extremely small, round. A mag 13.5 star is 0.9' S of center. Picked up 10' SSW of NGC 1221.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb