John Herschel discovered NGC 6719 = h3765 on 23 Jun 1835 and recorded "vF; L; R; vgvlbM; 60"; RA:: being by an auxiliary star." Nevertheless, his position is close to ESO 072-008 = PGC 62710 and the identification certain.

600/800mm - 30" (11/3/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, 1.5'x1.0', broad concentration but no distinct core or nucleus. A faint star is at the SW edge. Located 10' NNW of mag 5.9 HD 175986. A wide pair of mag 10 stars lie 6.4' ENE and 8.7' ENE and a few other 10th magnitude stars are in the field. NGC 6730 lies 31' SE, close to a 7th magnitude star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb