Lewis Swift discovered NGC 6313 = Sw. IX-74 on 21 Apr 1887 and recorded "eeF; vS; F * on each side in meridian." Both stars are mentioned in my observation. The discovery was relayed directly to Dreyer as he was compiling the NGC and referenced as list VI in the NGC, though Swift published the discovery a couple of years later in list IX.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/1/89): faint, fairly small, edge-on NNW-SSE. Bracketed between two mag 14 stars at the north tip and off the south end 0.8' from center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb