DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4748 = D.S. 496 on a plate taken 20 Jul 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru. He noted "eF, vS, R, F * sf 1'."

600/800mm - 25" (10/16/17 - OzSky): at 244x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.5'x0.4', slightly brighter nucleus. A mag 12.6 star is 0.7' SE. Located in the outskirts of ACO S805 = Pavo II cluster with IC 4741 10' NW and ESO 103-056 5.6' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb