William Herschel discovered NGC 2497 = H III-838 on 18 Mar 1790 (sweep 949) and called "eF, vS." According to CH's offset, his position is just 12 sec of RA too small. MCG does not label this galaxy (MCG +10-12-061) as NGC 2497 and MCG +10-12-064 is misidentified as possibly NGC 2497.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/19/91): faint, extremely small, round, stellar nucleus stands out with direct vision. Located 6' E of mag 8.6 SAO 26621.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb