Stephane Javelle discovered IC 4611 = J. 3-1397, along with IC 4610, on 25 Jul 1902. There is nothing at his position, but Harold Corwin and Malcolm Thomson found that Javelle must have reserved the offset sign from his comparison star. Once corrected, his re-reduced position falls directly on MCG +07-34-112 = PGC 58498. Dreyer copied this error into the IC 2 and as a result modern sources (except for NED) fail to identify this galaxy as IC 4611.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/21/98): second of three with IC 4610 and IC 4612. Extremely faint and small, round, 15" diameter. Contains a very faint stellar nucleus with direct vision. Forms the south vertex of an equilateral triangle with a mag 13.5 star 1.8' WNW and a mag 14 star 1.6' N. Appears similar to IC 4610. This identification assumes Javelle gave the wrong sign on the direction of offset from his comparison star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb