DeLisle Stewart found IC 4499 = D.S. 418 on a plate taken on 13 Jun 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "vF Cl, 4' diam., 3 F st inv in cl, position approximate, susp."

400/500mm - 18" (7/7/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 171x this globular has an unusual appearance as a round glow of nearly even surface brightness, ~3.5' diameter with a single brighter mag 12 star superimposed near the very center. A brighter mag 10.5 field star is just off the south edge, 2' from the center. IC 4499 appears similar to a large, fairly low surface brightness planetary or reflection nebula. This observation was possibly compromised by some clouds as the skies completely clouded up soon afterwards, but there was no evident resolution at this power.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb