DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4803 = D.S. 541 on a plate taken 13 Aug 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru. He noted "eeF, eS, R." ESO calls this a triple system and assigns the designation to the trio, but Corwin notes that Stewart's position and description only applies to the western component.

600/800mm - 25" (10/16/17 - OzSky): at 397x; very faint, small, round, 15" diameter. First in a triplet with the close interacting pair PGC 62681 and 62684 ~1.5' E. A mag 11.6 star is 3' W and a mag 12.1 star is 2.3' SW. Several fainter stars are nearby. PGC 62681 appeared as a similar 15" glow and I probably only noticed the brighter core in soft seeing. IC 4803 is located in the northeastern outskirts of the Pavo II cluster = ACO S805 with much brighter IC 4798 16.6' WSW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb