DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 2010 = DS 247 from a plate taken on 8 Dec 1899 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "eF, S, E 70°."

600/800mm - 24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): picked up while viewing NGC 1463 located 43' WNW. At 220x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 0.8'x0.3', weak concentration.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb