IC 4448 is a collisional ring galaxy that appears somewhat similar to the Cartwheel Galaxy in Sculptor.

Delisle Stewart discovered IC 4448 = D.S. 409 on a plate taken on 19 Jun 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "!! F, vS, ring neb with * in M".

600/800mm - 25" (4/4/19 - OzSky): at 244x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, ~35"x25", fairly low even surface brightness with no core or nucleus. Located 25' NW of mag 3.8 Alpha Apus! A small group of stars is close west, including a mag 10.4 star 2.4' W and another half-dozen mag 12-14 stars. Another distinctive group of mag 12-13 stars is 18' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb