Edward Swift, Lewis' 20 year-old son, discovered IC 676 = Sw. X-20 on 8 Apr 1891 and reported "vF; pS: lE; bet 2 distant stars." The position matches UGC 6245.

400/500mm - 18" (3/5/05): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, 1.2'x0.8'. Contains an elongated brighter core and brighter along the major axis. At low power, collinear with a mag 10 star 9' WNW and a mag 10 star 14' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb