DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4727 = D.S. 479 on a plate taken on 20 Jul 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "vF, eS, R."

600/800mm - 25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; moderately bright, fairly small, round, 25" diameter, bright nucleus, high surface brightness. This outlying member of ACO S805 = Pavo II cluster is situated 16' NNW of brighter IC 4731 within a triangle of stars formed by a mag 10.3 star 3.3' SSW, a mag 11.2 star 5.2 WNW and a mag 11.5 star 5.2' ENE. Other nearby cluster members are IC 4728 10' N, IC 4726 11' NNW and IC 4737 15' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb