IC 4710 is a knotty dwarf irregular galaxy that is dominated by a bar, much like the Large Magellanic Cloud, with a number of H II regions strung out along the bar and scattered in the outer parts. Member of the relatively nearby NGC 6744 group at a distance of ~25 million light years.

DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4710 = D.S. 465 on a plate taken on 18 Aug 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "vF, vS, R, lbM."

600/800mm - 24" (4/12/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, large, elongated 3:2 ~NW-SE, ~2.5'x1.5', weak concentration with no distinct core. A faint star (or knot) is superimposed near the center. Located 10.8' WSW of mag 6.6 HD 169569.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb