Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 6069 = St XII-81 on 21 Jun 1882. His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/24/95): very faint, very small, round. Shows a weak concentration to a slightly brighter core and faint stellar nucleus. A mag 14 star is 40" SW of center. There are two bright stars in the field; mag 8.9 SAO 65098 9' S and mag 7.7 SAO 65093 7' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb