DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4750 = D.S. 498 on a plate taken on 20 Jul 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "eeF, eS, R, * 11 np 1.5'." The IC has a misprint 0.5' north-preceding.

600/800mm - 25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, 25"x18", low surface brightness. Situated in a fairly rich star field with a mag 12.2 star is 1.5' NW, a mag 10.6 star 5' W and a mag 9.8 star 8' WNW. Outlying member of the Pavo II cluster = ACO S805, in a group of galaxies to the northwest of the core of the cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb