John Herschel discovered NGC 6605 = h2005 on 31 Jul 1826 and logged "A loose straggling cluster of stars 11...12m." There is nothing at his position but 2 minutes of RA preceding is a scattered group of bright stars that Corwin identifies as probably NGC 6605. Karl Reinmuth simply reported "no Cl" and RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent (Type 7).

400/500mm - 18" (8/27/05): at 73x, this is a very undistinguished group of 80-100 stars scattered over 20' and appears to be just a typical Milky Way field. Includes a mag 7.8 star (HD 167498) on the NW side and just NW of this star are a number of faint stars. Otherwise, there is a noticeable lack of any rich spots or concentration and the central region is noticeably lacking in stars. The only reason I can see Herschel may have been recorded this object is because it's somewhat detached in a low power field. Listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb