Truman Safford discovered IC 200 = Sf 71 on 4 Dec 1866 with the 18.5" refractor at the Dearborn Observatory and recorded "pB, pL, R, bM." There is nothing at his position but two minutes west is UGC 1577, which fits his description. CGCG and PGC likely misidentify CGCG 504-012 = PGC 8064 as IC 200. This 15th magnitude galaxy is closer to Safford's position -- off by 34 seconds of RA -- though Harold Corwin notes "[this galaxy] is probably too faint to have been seen by Safford, and the description does not match in any case."

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/26/94): faint, fairly small, irregularly round, about 1.5' diameter. Low but uneven surface brightness, weak concentration with one or two brighter spots near the center. A mag 14.5 star is just off the west edge 1.1' from the center. Located 27' NE of NGC 804.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb