DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 5236 = DS 762, along with IC 5235, on a plate taken on 21 Aug 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa station in Peru. He noted it as "eF, eeS, cE at 60°, bM."

600/800mm - 30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 0.4'x0.3'. A mag 16.2 star is at the northwest edge. Brighter of a pair with IC 5235 2.3' NNW. Picked up 10.6' SE of NGC 7329.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb