Lewis Swift discovered NGC 6443 = Sw. V-75 on 22 Oct 1886 and recorded "eeF; pS; lE; e diff." His position is less than 1' north of UGC 10967.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/1/89): faint, fairly small, very elongated NW-SE, almost even surface brightness. Located along one side of a thin isosceles triangle of three mag 14 stars (two lie 1.6' N and 1.5' S). A mag 11 star is 3.3' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb