DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4704 = D.S. 462 on a plate taken on 20 Aug 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "cB, bM."

600/800mm - 24" (4/12/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): moderately bright, moderately large, sharply concentrated with an intense 20" core surrounded by a much lower surface brightness halo ~1.2' in diameter, that fades out at the periphery. In a group with IC 4705 5.1' SSE and IC 4712 16' ESE. Located 10' SW of mag 8.4 HD 169127.

24" (4/11/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x, appeared fairly bright, moderately large, sharply concentrated with a very bright 25" core and a much fainter 1' halo. Forms the north vertex of a near isosceles triangle with mag 7.7 HD 168873 11' SE and the double star h5038 = 8.4/9.5 at 12" located 12' SW. IC 4705 lies 5' SSE and IC 4712 is outside the field at 16' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb