Lewis Swift discovered NGC 6701 = Sw. II-71 on 6 Aug 1883 and recorded "pB; pS; vE; F * close to f[ollowing] end." His position and description matches UGC 11348. Herbert Howe added "the elongation is very pronounced, and is at 120° [bar], the nebula points at a star of mag 10, less than 1' distant. There is one condensation of mag 13 [core]; one of mag 14 was suspected at the preceding end of the nebula."

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/13/88): bright, moderately large, elongated SW-NE, bright core, substellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is at the SE end 40" from the center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb