DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4842 = DS 579 on a plate taken at Harvard's Arequipa station on 13 Aug 1901. He reported "cF, vS, R."

400/500mm - 18" (7/9/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this galaxy is located 8' SE of NGC 6771 in a group and appears fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, 1.2'x0.8', slightly brighter core.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb