Stephane Javelle discovered IC 409 = J. 2-607 on 12 Jan 1894 and recorded, "pretty bright, nearly round, the central condensation is possibly double." His position matches CGCG 421-026 = PGC 17105.

600/800mm - 24" (1/28/17): at 450x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated. A stellar or quasi-stellar nucleus is offset at the SSW end with an occasional second extremely faint stellar nucleus close northeast. The two nuclei are separated by only 7"! Situated in a busy star field 7.5' SW of mag 9.9 HD 242763.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb