Ormond Stone discovered IC 760 = LM(S) 464 on 3 Jan 1889 with the 26-inch refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "rr, bM, stellar N, mag 15.0, 0.2' dia." The discovery was published in the observatory's catalogue of Southern Nebulae (Vol 1, Part 6, 1893). Howe, in his visual survey of IC objects, noted there was "either a star of mag 14 at 150°, or the nebula is elongated in that direction." The latter is correct.

400/500mm - 18" (5/28/06): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.3', broad concentration to a slightly bulging center. A group of faint stars lies ~5' N and another group with a couple of brighter mag 11 stars is SW. A faint 20" pair of mag 14/15 stars is 1.5' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb