DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4608 = D.S. 432 on a plate taken 23 Jul 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "vF, vS, cE at 85°, bM." ESO classifies it as an interacting system due to the unusual morphology.

600/800mm - 25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~4:3 E-W, ~36"x27" Appears to have a slightly brighter bar running ~E-W (direction of drift). A nice equal mag pair is 2.4' N (SKF 454 = 11.7/12.1 at 5"). Situated in a busy star field 12' ENE of mag 4.2 Beta Apus! On the DSS this galaxy has an unusual arc-shaped appearance.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb