Lewis Swift discovered NGC 6065 = Sw. IX-53, along with NGC 6066, on 19 Jun 1887 and recorded "eeF; vS; R; D * follows point to it; sp of 2 [with NGC 6066]." The discovery was communicated directly to Dreyer (indicated as list VI in the NGC), but Swift didn't publish the discovery until 1890 in his 11th discovery list. The NGC positions (communicated directly to Dreyer) are good but Swift's published declinations for NGC 6065 and 6066 are reversed. See Harold Corwin's notes for more.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/13/88): faint, small, slightly elongated, bright core. Collinear with two unequal double stars due east; an unequal mag 10/14 double at 21" is 2' E and a mag 10/13 double at 29" is 4' E. Forms a pair with NGC 6066 4.5' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb