Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 6180 = St VII-8, along with NGC 6184, on 23 Jun 1876. His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/23/87): faint, very small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. A pair of mag 11/12 stars oriented E-W are 2.5' WSW and 3.7' WSW, respectively. Located on the east side of the core of AGC 2197.

17.5" (7/5/86): fairly faint, very small, round, stellar nucleus. Two stars preceding.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb