Stephane Javelle discovered IC 5298 = J. 3-1442 on 23 Nov 1899

600/800mm - 24" (12/20/17): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 SSW-NNE, 0.5'x0.3', fairly low surface brightness halo with very small bright core and stellar nucleus. Several bright stars are nearby mag 8.2 SAO 91123 is 10' WSW, mag 8.7 SAO 91139 is 8' ESE, and mag 9.0 SAO 91137 is 7' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb