Stephane Javelle discovered IC 4526 = J. 3-1354 on 25 Jul 1903. UGC incorrectly equates IC 4526 with NGC 5829.

400/500mm - 18" (8/4/05): extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter. Forms the northern vertex of an equilateral triangle with sides of 1' with NGC 5829 and a mag 12 star. Once this difficult galaxy was noticed, it was visible most of the time using averted vision and concentration at 225x.

600/800mm - 24" (7/11/18): faint, small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, 20"x10". IC 4526 is the second brightest in the HCG 73 group and forms a triangle with NGC 5829 1.4' SE and a mag 12.4 star 1.2' S.

900/1200mm - 48" (5/3/19): at 375x; between fairly faint and moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, 0.4'x0.3', broad concentration, slightly brighter core. Second brightest of 5 in HCG 73 with NGC 5829 1.3' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb