Williamina Fleming discovered IC 4699 = Fleming 98 on a Harvard objective prism plate taken in 1901 at the Arequipa station.

300/350mm - 13.1" (7/12/86): at 79x and 166x appears very faint and stellar. Verified with both OIII and UHC filters. Estimate V = 13.0 but may be brighter due to the very low elevation of object from Northern California. Uncertain if a very small disc was visible at 166x or bloated due to seeing this close to the horizon. Located 3.5' NW of mag 8.8 HD 167758 and nearly at the midpoint between mag 4.5 Epsilon and mag 3.5 Alpha Telescopii (the two stars are 2.7° apart).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb