Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1733 = J. 3-892, along with IC 1735, on 13 Nov 1903 and noted "F, nearly round, 15" to 20", granular."

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/5/02): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.8'x0.7, weak concentration. Located 2.0' S of mag 10.8 SAO 55024. This galaxy is the brightest in the galaxy cluster AGC 260. Forms a pair with IC 1735 1.9' ENE (not seen).

600/800mm - 24" (9/15/12): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.7'x0.6', bright core. Forms a close pair with IC 1735 1.9' ENE. Brightest member of AGC 260 (8 members viewed). A mag 10.8 star 2' N forms an equilateral triangle with IC 1733 and 1735.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb