John Herschel discovered NGC 6746 = h3777 on 11 Aug 1836 and logged "eF; R; glbM; 30"." His single position is accurate.

600/800mm - 30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 394x; moderately bright or fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 5:3 N-S, ~50"x30". Contains a brighter core that occasionally appears elongated (bar?). Situated in a dazzling star field with four brighter stars in the 15' field including mag 8.5 HD 178086 6' ENE, mag 9.1 HD 177670 5' W and mag 9.4 HD 177926 3' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb