Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 241 = B. 137 on 19 Nov 1886 and recorded "mag 13.3; round, 35"-40" diameter, stellar nucleus." His position matches UGC 2115.
400/500mm - 17.5" (10/17/87): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, weak concentration. Located 6.2' W of NGC 1009 in the NGC 1016 cluster.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb