DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4741 = D.S. 490 on a plate taken on 20 Jul 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "cF, vS, lE at 20°, stell N, 4 F st inv."

600/800mm - 25" (10/16/17 - OzSky): at 244x; moderately bright, fairly small, somewhat elongated SSW-NNE, ~50"x35", slightly brighter nucleus. Resides in a rich star field within a triangle formed by a mag 11 star 1.4' NNE, a mag 10.8 star 2.4' SE and a mag 11.5 star 2' WNW. Middle in a trio with IC 4742 5.2' N and ESO 103-046 4.5' SSW. This outlying member of ACO S805 = Pavo II cluster lies 52' SW of IC 4765, the cD galaxy at the core of the cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb