Royal H. Frost discovered IC 4796 = F. 1157 on a plate taken 13 Aug 1903, along with IC 4797, at Harvard's Arequipa station. He noted "14 magn, bM, near edge of plate."

600/800mm - 30" (11/3/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.6', moderately concentrated to a very small bright core. A mag 12 star is north of the NW tip [0.9' NW of center]. Forms a pair with IC 4797 5.5' S. Starhopped over from NGC 6707 located 27' NNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb