Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 2179 = Big 267 on 24 Feb 1894. According to Corwin, Bigourdan misidentified his offset star so his position in Comptes Rendus is incorrect. But either Dreyer or Bigourdan caught the error as the IC position is just 1' N of UGC 3750. All modern catalogues identify this galaxy as IC 2179, but Malcolm Thomson feels that IC 2179 is a duplicate of NGC 2347 based on Bigourdan's published position. See Malcolm Thomson's IC Corrections and Harold Corwin's identification notes.

300/350mm - 13.1" (1/11/86): fairly faint, small, almost round, brighter center. Located 1.4' E of a mag 10 star. Forms a pair with NGC 2347 13' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb