IC 4800 appeared fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.6'x0.8', well concentrated with a small bright core and fainter halo. The major axis is collinear with a mag 14.3 star and a mag 12.8 star, 0.8' and 1.3' NNW of center, respectively. At the southern vertex of a large isosceles triangle with mag 6.5 HD 174877 23' NW and mag 6.8 HD 175782 23' NE.

John Herschel discovered NGC 6706 = h3760 on 8 Jun 1836 and simply noted "Nebula. No description." His position matches ESO 104-024. DeLisle Stewart described the galaxy as "vF, vS, eE 120°, stell ncl.", based on examination of plates at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru.

600/800mm - 30" (11/3/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, 1.4'x0.5', broad concentration to a small, brighter core. IC 4800 lies 12.5' ESE and IC 4784 is 28' WSW. Located 22' due south of mag 6.5 HD 174877. NGC 6706 is an outlying member of ACO S805 = Pavo II cluster, 1.1° ENE of the center of the cluster (dominated by IC 4765).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb