Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1735 = J. 3-893, along with IC 1733, on 13 Nov 1903 and noted "a little fainter than the preceding IC 1733], 15" to 20", granular."

600/800mm - 24" (9/15/12): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 24"x18". Forms a close pair with brighter IC 1733 1.9' WSW. Located 2' SE of a mag 10.8 star on the west side of AGC 260.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb