Royal H. Frost discovered IC 4261 = F. 1056 on a plate taken 4 May 1904 at Harvard's Arequipa station. He noted "bM, magn 14."
400/500mm - 17.5" (6/2/00): very faint, very small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 0.5'x0.3', low even surface brightness. Located 14' NW of NGC 5182.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb