Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 6013 = St VII-1 on 21 Jun 1876. His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/1/89): faint, fairly small, very elongated ~N-S, brighter center. Four mag 12-13 stars are within a 5' radius including a pair of mag 13 stars 2.6' NNW with separation 28" which are collinear with NGC 6013" (aligned NNW-SSE).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb