John Herschel discovered NGC 6722 = h3768 on 8 Jun 1836 and recorded "pF; S; E; glbM; 15"; 2 st 8m precede; the nearest about 8'. Both are nearly on the parallel, or a little south of the neb, by diagram." His position and description is a perfect match with ESO 104-033 = PGC 62722.

600/800mm - 30" (11/3/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, very elongated 9:2 NNW-SSE, fairly large, 1.8'x0.4', contains a small brighter core within a bulging middle. Two stars are on the north end (one superimposed and the other barely off). A mag 11.8 star is 2' NW of center. Located 10' due east of mag 8.3 HD 175882 and 7' WNW of mag 7.6 HD 176021 in the southeast outskirts of the Pavo II cluster = ACO S805. These two bright stars are separated by 4' and a third mag 10.5 to the southeast is collinear.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb