John Herschel discovered NGC 2427 = h3091 on 1 Mar 1835 and recorded "eF, L, pmE, vlbM, involves two stars." His position is 1.5' NE of the center of ESO 208-027 = PGC 21375.

600/800mm - 24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this large, unusual galaxy is set in a very rich Milky Way field and appears as a diffuse, very large, elongated glow with a low surface brightness and a size of ~4.5'x2.0'. A star is superimposed and mimics an offset stellar nucleus, but otherwise there is little concentration. Situated nearly at the midpoint of two mag 10 stars 5.5' SW and 5.5' NE. The cometary globular CG 4 and ESO 257-019 lies 45' NNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb