Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 2389 = Big. 269 on 3 Feb 1894. His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/12/02): fairly faint, very elongated 7:2 NW-SE, 0.75'x0.2'. Situated just off the NW end of a curving 5' string of 5 stars oriented SE-NW, the brightest being a mag 11.8 star 2.3' SE. NGC 2646 lies 11' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb