DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4735 = D.S. 486 on a plate taken on 20 Jul 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "eF, vS, bM."

600/800mm - 25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; faint, small, slightly elongated, ~0.4'x0.3', very small brighter nucleus. Located 7.7' E of IC 4731 in the outskirts of galaxy cluster ACO S805 (55' NW the core of the cluster).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb