Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 4614 = Big. 324 on 28 Jun 1895, while searching for NGC 6194, 6196, 6197, and 6199. Because of the poor discovery positions for NGC 6196 and 6197, Bigourdan rediscovered these galaxies and they also carry the IC designations IC 4615 and 44616, respectively.

300/350mm - 13" (8/5/83): extremely faint, very small. A faint star is off the NW edge 17" from the center. Farthest north of a trio with NGC 6196 and IC 4616.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/6/86): faint, small, very diffuse, a larger but very faint halo is barely visible. A mag 12.5 star lies 1.5' NW. Faintest of three on a line with NGC 6196 2.9' SSE and NGC 6197 7.6' SSE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb