LEDA 214176, situated 2.3' ESE, is just south of the midpoint of mag 8.0 HD 12096 (2' to its NW) and mag 9.5 HD 120981 to its SE. It appeared extremely faint and small, round, 6" diameter, but was not too difficult to see with averted vision despite the nearby bright stars.

Stephane Javelle discovered IC 947 = J. 2-774 on 8 Jun 1893. His description ("pB, 15" diameter, R, sbMN = 12m") makes no mention of the attached bright star, though it was used as the offset star.

600/800mm - 24" (7/1/19): at 225x and 375x; easily visible though situated just 45" SW of mag 8.0 HD 120967! It was between fairly faint and moderately bright, elongated 2:1 SW-NE (in direction of the star), ~40"x20", sharply concentrated with a round, very bright core, low surface brightness oval halo.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb