Truman Safford discovered IC 842 = Sf 2 on 3 May 1866 with the 18.5-inch refractor at the Dearborn Observatory.
400/500mm - 18" (4/30/11): faint, fairly small, oval 4:3 SW-NE, 0.7'x0.45', broad weak concentration with no distinct core or nucleus. Located 13' SW of NGC 4913 = IC 843 and 14' WSW of IC 4088.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb