Stephane Javelle discovered IC 2735 = J. 3-1177, along with ICs 2738, 2744 and 2751, on 22 May 1903 with the 30-inch refractor at the Nice Observatory.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/12/88): very faint, small, edge-on ~E-W, weak concentration. Located midway on line between a mag 12 star 2.0' E and a mag 15 star 2.2' W. First of six on a line in the core of galaxy cluster AGC 1228 with IC 2738 4.0' ENE and IC 2744 8.0' ENE. Mag 9 SAO 62507 lies 5.3' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb