Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 2471 = Big. 398 on 5 Mar 1899 and noted "two or three stars involved in nebulosity." His position in the Comptes Rendus list is less than 1' north of PGC 26707.

600/800mm - 24" (2/8/18): at 375x; fairly faint, small, round, 24" diameter, high surface brightness, stellar nucleus. Located 7' S of NGC 2876, which is slightly larger but has a lower overall surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb