Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 6330 = St XI-54 on 12 Jun 1880. His position is on the east side of the galaxy.
400/500mm - 17.5" (8/1/89): very faint, fairly small, edge-on N-S. A mag 15 star is just off the NE end 35" from center. Located 4.8' SSE of mag 8.5 SAO 84956.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb