Stephane Javelle discovered IC 2421 = J. 3-1060 on 6 Apr 1896 with the 30-inch refractor at the Nice Observatory. His micrometric position is accurate.

400/500mm - 18" (4/4/12): at 175x appeared faint, moderately large, roundish, ~40" diameter. Pretty low nearly even surface brightness with very weak concentration and no distinct core or zones, so appears fainter than V mag suggests. This pretty face-on two-armed spiral is located 49' SE of NGC 2683 and 9' SW of mag 7.4 HD 76069.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb