Bigourdan discovered IC 1732 = Big. 248 on 6 Nov 1891. He noted it was 40" to 50" in diameter with a condensation of 12".

300/350mm - 13.1" (10/20/84): very faint, small, elongated WSW-ENE. One or two extremely faint stars possibly involved. Located between two stars mag 7 and 8.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/19/87): faint, fairly small, edge-on WSW-ENE. A mag 15 star is at the NE edge 18" from the center. Located 5.3' N of mag 7.3 SAO 55026 in AGC 262.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb