Stephane Javelle discovered IC 40 = J. 2-510 on 8 Jan 1894. His position is just off the northeast side of the galaxy.
600/800mm - 24" (12/12/17): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.3', very small bright core. Located on the south side of the NGC 182 group (24' SE of NGC 182).
Notes by Steve Gottlieb