Lewis Swift discovered NGC 6130 = Sw. IV-31 on 28 Jun 1886 and recorded "pF; pL; R; B * near preceding." His position is just 4 sec of RA east of UGC 10347 and the comment about the bright star applies.

But according to Wolfgang Steinicke, William Herschel discovered this galaxy on 24 Apr 1789 (sweep 928) and noted II-810 as "pF, pS, lE." Wolfgang states that WH's offset from SAO 29727 matches UGC 10347. In this case, NGC 6130 = NGC 6125.

Dreyer assumed that WH made a 20' error in dec for II-810 and NGC 6125 = NGC 6127 = NGC 6128. Corwin concurs with Dreyer's identification.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/15/91): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, almost even surface brightness. Several brighter stars in field including mag 8 SAO 29889 2.7' SW!

Notes by Steve Gottlieb