Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 494 = Big. 150 on 12 Dec 1888.

600/800mm - 24" (3/28/17): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 45"x30", brighter core (fairly well defined) that gradually increases to a faint stellar nucleus. Located 9' SSE of mag 7.3 HD 67029 in the southeast corner of Canis Minor.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb