Stephane Javelle discovered IC 905 = J. 1-249, along with IC 906, 910, 911, 912, 913 and 914, on 16-17 Jun 1892. His position is accurate.

600/800mm - 24" (6/12/18): at 282x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, strongly concentrated with a 20"x15" core and a very low surface brightness halo. The core has a moderately high surface brightness and increases to a small brighter nucleus and a stellar pip. A mag 12.1 star is 2.9' WNW and a mag 13.3 star is 2.5' WSW. First in a group of 7 faint IC galaxies (WBL 463) with IC 906 12' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb