John Herschel discovered NGC 899 = h2476 on 13 Nov 1835 and reported "pB, lE, gbM, resolvable, 30", has a coarse double star preceding." His position and description (the coarse double is southwest) matches UGCA 26 = PGC 8990.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/4/93): fairly faint, slightly elongated NW-SE, 1.2'x1.0', only a weak concentration. An easy pair of mag 13 stars at 25" separation oriented WSW-ENE is located 1.5' WSW. Forms a pair with IC 223 5' NNE with NGC 907 17' NE.

600/800mm - 24" (10/3/13): brightest (or highest surface brightness) in a trio (KTS 16) with IC 223 5' NNE and NGC 907 17' NE. At 375x appeared fairly bright, moderately large, irregular, ~0.9'x0.7'. A very faint extension was repeatedly visible on the southeast end protruding towards the east. This asymmetry is confirmed on the DSS, which reveals a chaotic system with knots. A wide pair of mag 13 stars is less than 2' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb