DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4749 = D.S. 497 on a plate taken on 20 Jul 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "eeF, eS, 3 F st nr."

600/800mm - 25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; fairly faint to moderately bright, small, round, high surface brightness, very small bright nucleus. A mag 13.5 star is at the east edge of the galaxy. This outlying member of ACO S805 = Pavo II Cluster is within a small distinctive N-S string of stars: a mag 12.5 star 4.3' N, a mag 10.6 star 2.3' N, a mag 13.5 star 1.5' N, and a mag 12 star 45" S. Cluster member IC 4744 lies 6.3' W and IC 4750 is 14' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb