Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 4386 = Big. 416 on 26 May 1894. He noted it was glimpsed at a distance of 1.5' to 1.8' in PA 340° from NGC 5504. At this offset is CGCG 103-113 = MCG +03-36-079 = PGC 50716. Harold Corwin and Malcolm Thomson concur the UGC (9086) and CGCG (103-115) misidentify nearby PGC 50713 as IC 4386. MCG has the correct identification.

400/500mm - 18" (6/18/04): faint, small, round, 15" diameter. Forms a close pair with NGC 5504 1.8' SE. CGCG and UGC misidentified UGC 9086, a fainter edge-on close NE that was not seen, as IC 4383.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb