DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 1599 = DS 127 on an Arequipa plate taken on 3 Nov 1898. He recorded "vF, vS, pmE at 100° [ESE]."

900/1200mm - 48" (11/2/13): moderately bright and large, thin edge-on 5:1 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.2', slightly brighter core. Picked up while viewing the HCG 9 quartet which lies ~5' SW. PGC 133684 lies 2.9' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb