Williamina Fleming discovered IC 4742 = Fleming 99 on a Harvard objective prism plate taken in 1901 at the Arequipa station.

Based on Crossley photographs, Curtis (1918) reported IC 4732 was "indistinguishable from a star on the Crossley negatives, but shown to be minute disk by Mr. Moore and Aitken with the 36-inch refractor."

300/350mm - 13.1" (8/8/86): at 79x appears stellar and verified with OIII blinking, estimate V = 13.0. A brighter mag 10.5 comparison star is located 2.5' W. Appears stellar at 214x. Planetary Pe 1-13 is located 13' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb