Edward Swift, Lewis' 14 year-old son, discovered NGC 6457 = Sw. I-71 on 8 Jun 1885 and recorded "F; vS; R; bM." The position matches UGC 10964. Lewis noted his son discovered this object in the errata to his 6th discovery list.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/11/88): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, gradually increases to a small bright core.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb