DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4808 = DS 545 on a plate taken May 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru. He noted "vF, cL, cE at 45°, lbM, susp."

600/800mm - 30" (10/18/17 - OzSky): at 264x; bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, ~1.5'x0.5', broadly brighter center, mottled or uneven surface brightness (probably due to spiral structure). A mag 15.5 star is at tip of the northeast edge. A mag 14 star is off the west side [0.9' W of center]. Located 12' SSW of mag 7.4 HD 176274, barely north of the Telescopium border.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb