DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 4679 = DS 452 on a plate taken on 14 Sep 1901 at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru.

600/800mm - 30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 303x; moderately bright and large, elongated 3:1 E-W, ~1.5'x0.5', broad, fairly weak concentration with a brighter core. Sits between two groups of bright stars. Two mag 10 stars lie 6' NW and mag 8.7 HD 165799 is 8.5' NNW, along with a third mag 10 star. Also 10-11' SE is a 2' pair of mag 7 stars, including HD 165987 and HD 166026. The DSS shows several extremely faint stars are superimposed due the rich star region.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb