Stephane Javelle discovered IC 4345 = J. 3-1282 on 15 Jun 1895, along with 6 others in the cluster. He noted "cF, vS, R, N, stell." PGC and RC3 (and secondary sources such as Megastar software) misidentifies HCG 69B as IC 4345. HCG 69B is situated 4.8' E of IC 4345.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/13/96): brightest member of a cluster including HCG 69 close following. Fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, 0.8'x0.6'. Sharp concentration with a very small bright core. Located 2.3' NNE mag 11.5 star. Forms a pair with IC 4344 1.8' S. HCG 69 is less than 5' E. RC3 and PGC misidentify IC 4345 with HCG 69b.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb