William Herschel discovered NGC 6267 = H III-123 on 15 May 1784 (sweep 217) and recorded "vF, pL, R, lbM. Following and near a star; with several other stars in the field following." Caroline's reduction is 2' northeast of UGC 10628. The discovery was on the first night he experimented using a "front-view", observing at the edge of the tube without use of a secondary.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/1/89): faint, moderately large, almost round, low but irregular surface brightness, appears slightly brighter on the north side. An extremely faint mag 15.5 star is involved on the south side.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb