DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4752 = D.S. 502 on a plate taken 20 Jul 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru. He noted "eF, vS, R, vF * sf 1'."

600/800mm - 25" (10/16/17 - OzSky): at 244x; very faint, small, round, 20" diameter, low surface brightness. A mag 13.3 star is 0.9' SE. This outlying member of ACO S805 = Pavo II cluster is located 6.7' ESE of IC 4748. Slightly brighter ESO 103-056 is 2' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb