ESO 069-009 lies 38' NE, just 7' SSW of orange-tinged Atria. It was a challenging object due to the glare of the bright star, but appeared faint, moderately large, slightly elongated, 0.9'x0.7', low surface brightness, weak concentration. The best view was at 230x with Atria kept outside of the field. A mag 8.5 star is 5' W.

John Herschel discovered NGC 6183 = h3639 on 25 Apr 1835 and noted "vF; eS; R; gbM; 10"." His single position is accurate.

300/350mm - 14" (4/3/16 - Coonabarabran, 178x and 230x): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 7:2 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.3', contains a small brighter core. A mag 13 star is 1.3' SSW of center and mag 8.5 HD 149556 is 3.8' SW. Located 42' SW of mag 1.9 Alpha TrA (Atria).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb