Lewis Swift discovered NGC 2208 = Sw. VI-26 on 24 Nov 1886 and noted "pF, pS, lE." His position is 6 seconds of time too small and 1.6' too far north. Hermann Kobold measured an accurate position in 1893 (published in 1907 catalog).

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/19/91): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 E-W, weak concentration. A mag 13 star is 1.1' W of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb