Sherburne Burnham discovered IC 414 on 8 Nov 1891 with the 36" refractor at Lick Observatory while sweeping for IC 412 and 413. The latter pair was discovered earlier by Barnard using the 12-inch at Lick.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/26/00): faint, small, round, 25" diameter. Located 9' S of the IC 412/413 pair and 2' NW of mag 9.4 SAO 112675.

600/800mm - 24" (2/5/13): faint to fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 24"x18", weak concentration. Located 8.5' S of the interacting pair VV 225 = IC 412/413.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb