DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4831 = DS 568 on a plate taken at Harvard's Arequipa station on 13 Aug 1901. He reported "! cF, vS, eE at 150°, 2-branch spir."

600/800mm - 30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, large, edge-on 5:1 WNW-ESE, 3.0'x0.6', sharply concentrated with a relatively large bright elongated core, fades at the tips. Mag 8.5 HD 178906 lies 3' NNW. IC 4833 lies 7.5' SE (collinear with the major axis). Member of the NGC 6769 Group = LGG 427.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb