DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 5249 = DS 767 on a plate taken on 21 Aug 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa station in Peru. He noted it as "eF, vS, eeE at 15°, vlbM."

600/800mm - 30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly faint, large, superthin galaxy! Stretches ~20:1 SSW-NNE, 3.0'x0.15', only a broad weak concentration towards the center with no distinct core or zones. A mag 15 star is very close to the northern tip [1.3' from center]. This is certainly one of the thinnest edge-on galaxies I have ever viewed. A 1' pair of mag 12.5 stars lies ~3' SW. IC 5249 is in a group with IC 5246 5' SW and IC 5250 (merged double) at 14' SSE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb