DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4845 = DS 582 on a plate taken at Harvard's Arequipa station on 13 Aug 1901. He reported "cF, bM, * 11m 0.4' sp."

600/800mm - 25" (10/17/17 - OzSky): at 244x; moderately bright, fairly large, oval 5:4 E-W, sharply concentrated with a very bright, very small nucleus! The halo extends ~1.25'x1.0' and a fairly bright star is superimposed on the southwest side.

25" (10/16/17 - OzSky): at 244x; fairly faint, fairly small, round. Contains a very small bright nucleus in a low surface brightness 30" halo. The view is hampered by a mag ~13 star that's attached on the southwest end of the halo [only 15" from the nucleus!] Located 15' NE of the NGC 6769/6770/6771 trio and a member of the NGC 6769 = LGC 427 group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb