Edward Swift, Lewis' 12 year-old son, discovered NGC 6382 = Sw. I-60 on 2 Jun 1883 with the 16-inch refractor at the Warner Observatory. Their description reads "pF; pS; R; * near." This was Edward's first discovery of 25 objects in the NGC (two of these are lost -- NGC 5309 and NGC 6666), made while the telescope was still being tested and adjusted. Lewis credited Edward with the discovery in the errata to his 6th discovery list. Edward made an additional 23 discoveries at Lowe Observatory, which are in the IC.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/18/88): faint, very small, round. A mag 11.5 star is 1.2' SSE of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb