DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4837 = DS 573 on a plate taken at Harvard's Arequipa station on 16 Sep 1901. He reported "F, cS, R, bM."

600/800mm - 25" (10/16/17 - OzSky): at 244x; moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 3:2 N-S, ~1.5'x1.0', broad concentration with a brighter elongated core. Forms a pair with IC 4839 3.5' NE and IC 4837A (large edge-on) lies 32' N. ESO 184-042, located 9.5' NW, appeared fairly faint, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, 25"x20", slightly brighter nucleus. A 5' string of 6 stars, including three of mag 10.6, extends to the southwest. Despite some asymmetric features on images, this galaxy lies in the foreground of IC 4839, so is not interacting.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb