Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 2615 = St XIII-39 on 6 Feb 1885 and recorded "F; oval; 1' diam; lbM; seems resolvable; faint star involved." His position and description matches UGC 4481.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/6/91): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 SW-NE, small bright core, faint halo. A mag 12.5 lies 1.8' SSW of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb