John Herschel discovered NGC 1698 = h2677 on 23 Dec 1834 and called it "pB; R; glbM; 60"; resolvable." Although only observed on a single sweep his position is good.

600/800mm - 30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, moderately large, irregular glow, 1' diameter. Roughly 10 stars are resolved in the outer halo giving a triangular shape. NGC 1698 forms a close pair with KMHK 118, a much smaller and fainter cluster 1.6' SE. It appeared as a faint, small glow, 20" diameter with no resolution. Mag 10.3 HD 268647 lies 5' SSE and IC 2105, a bright compact HII knot, is just 0.6' SSE of this star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb