Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 829 = Big. 178 on 13 May 1888. MCG and PGC misidentify MCG -02-33-038 as IC 829.

400/500mm - 18" (5/28/06): very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter. This member of AGC 1631 is in a very tight trio with MCG -02-33-036 at the west edge (difficult to resolve) and MCG -02-33-038 1.4' E. MCG -02-33-038 appeared very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter. Located 8' SW of NGC 4756.

18" (4/29/06): brightest in small trio within AGC 1631. Appeared fairly faint, fairly small, small bright core. Initially appeared elongated 2:1 E-W though in moments of better seeing in poor conditions, it appeared double with a knot (MCG -02-33-036) resolved at the west edge. Located 8.8' SW of NGC 4756. In a close trio with MCG -02-33-038 1.4' E, which appeared very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter. With the addition of MCG -02-33-35 this quartet would satisfy the criteria of a Hickson group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb