DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4771 = DS 516 on a plate taken 20 Jul 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru. He noted "eF, eS, R, bM."

600/800mm - 30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, 1.2'x0.4', even surface brightness. Located 4.7' WNW of mag 7.4 HD 173344 and 9' NE of IC 4765 in the ACO S805 cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb